• Kayel@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Ignoring the joke.

    A metric cup is 250 ml.

    250 ml = 250 g (the density of water is intentionally 1.000 g / ml)

    Water ~= 18 g/mol ( H 1.008 g/mol, O 16.something g/mol)

    250 g / 18 g/mol = 13.8 mol

    13.8 mol * 6 * 10^23 atoms/mol = 8.33 * 10^24 molecules of water

    And there are two atoms of H in one molecule of water, so 1.66*10^25 atoms of hydrogen in a glass of water.

    That’s a lot

  • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Bullshit.

    Hydrogen atoms per water molecules: 2

    Stars in the solar system: Sol, Neil Patrick Harris, Justin Timberlake, possibly even more…

  • 4am@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Did they read “a mole” and misinterpret it as “molecule” when writing the headline?

  • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    Alright, I know where they went wrong here. There are more hydrogen atoms in a glass of water than stars in the universe.

    There are about 1.58 x 10^25 hydrogen molecules in 8oz of water, and there are an estimated 10^22 - 10^24 stars in the universe.

    Edit: super script markdown wasn’t working