• aidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I believe there are about 55.508435 moles of H2O in a liter of water at sea level (basically assuming 1 liter of water = 1kg of water)

        • aidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Atoms of water are measured in moles. Atoms are discrete units, a mole is just a certain number of them

          • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 month ago

            So you understand then why water is uncountable but atoms are not. Congratulations. What a strange pedantic hill you choosing to die on.

            • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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              1 month ago

              No, water is countable. Unfortunately you are incorrect.

              EDIT: the word “water” isn’t usually made plural, but water the substance can absolutely be measured and counted.

              • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                1 month ago

                Sorry but some nouns (ie cats) can be counted while others (ie air) cannot be.

                • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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                  1 month ago

                  Language is a flexible thing. I heard this in a children’s game of tag, “Octopi, Octopi, can I cross your waters?”

                  And you can count air too, either by volume or amount of molecules.

                  • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                    1 month ago

                    I think you should just go and read the wikipedia articles on countable and noncountable nouns and stop arguing with a literal inguist.