The Chemical Naming Spectrum: From Formal To Unhinged

The Chemical Naming Spectrum: From Formal To Unhinged
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The evolution of naming the same chemical compound (NO) gets increasingly ridiculous! First we have "Nitrogen Monoxide" (technically correct but uncommon), then simply "NO" (the actual chemical formula), followed by the proper IUPAC name "Nitric Oxide" (what chemists actually call it). Then it escalates to the pretentious "Oxidonitrogen" (someone's trying way too hard to sound smart), and finally peaks with "Anti-yes gas" (pure chemistry dad joke territory). It's the perfect representation of how scientists can go from formal terminology to completely unhinged humor in five seconds flat.

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