Questions tagged [etymology]
Use this tag if you want to find out the origin of a specific word.
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Is 18:82 a valid ratio for aqua regia?
Here it writes that nitrohydrochloric acid (possibly Aqua Regia) is of the ratio of $18:82$, which is $1:4.56$ in a simpler form. On Wikipedia and every other source i found the ratio $1:3$. So what's ...
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Why is '-ethane' in 'methane'?
Is there a chemical or historical significance in the fact that 'ethane' is just 'methane' without the 'm'?
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Why is Buna-S called so?
Styrene Butadiene synthetic rubber is also called Buna-S. It is the abbreviation of Butadiene (Bu) Sodium (Na) Styrene (S).
Why is Sodium included?
