My sister poured DHMO in my pool. Will it burn my skin?
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Farhaan, I presume you are trying to ask about what most people would call water? I can only deduce this from that name, which is widely spread as some sort of funny take on water, but the "joke" is on them. Polar covalent compound, but this is one of those exceptions to the nomenclature naming conventions (has to do with bonds and way to complicated for someone entertained by this type of humor). Hydrogen, being a metal (oh, it usually isn't treated that way, but near absolute zero, it has a classic metal presentation, with a silver tone and a dull appearance), needs no Greek prefix, and the since there is only one oxygen, mono- can also be discarded. So this amphoteric compound has special names if you can't bear to use water and need to feel special. The ACS and the RSC have, in cooperation with IUPAC, backed the name: Hydrogen oxide for though it is covalently bonded, the constant ability for water to autoionize itself has led to a name that is decidedly in line with ionic compound nomenclature.
If that doesn't "do it" for you, hydrogen hydroxide is less proper, but still acceptable.
To answer the subsequent question, yes, there are numerous situations whereby this pure substance could "burn" your skin. However, your question was foolish. I swam (in water). Then you pose the condition that the water was placed in your pool, with a query about it burning your skin? So, either you already swam as the first line alludes to and you know the answer, or you know that the pool contains a chemical you are uncertain about and have not gone swimming yet, rendering the urgency a non-issue.
Next time you decide to fill the forums with useless questions about items you already know the answer(s) to, please demarcate them so we can skip right by them!
If that doesn't "do it" for you, hydrogen hydroxide is less proper, but still acceptable.
To answer the subsequent question, yes, there are numerous situations whereby this pure substance could "burn" your skin. However, your question was foolish. I swam (in water). Then you pose the condition that the water was placed in your pool, with a query about it burning your skin? So, either you already swam as the first line alludes to and you know the answer, or you know that the pool contains a chemical you are uncertain about and have not gone swimming yet, rendering the urgency a non-issue.
Next time you decide to fill the forums with useless questions about items you already know the answer(s) to, please demarcate them so we can skip right by them!
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DHMO is highly dangerous, especially in the vapour formed in conditions when this chemical's vapour pressure is higher than surrounding air pressure. Vapours formed this way WILL cause serious burns upon contact, and hurts like hell. However, it is generally safe at ordinary temperatures, and is an important chemical our body needs, as seen from this equation DHMO + ATP ---> ADP + Pi. Also, we need to drink it everyday to ensure that we can sustain such important biochemical processes of life. However, natural sources of DHMO may contain parasites like Giardia, Schistosomias and cryptosporidium. So have fun!
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You're the first person to ever make that joke in the history of chemistry. And the amount of time you have to post such arduous exercises in futility. But hey, no skin off your back, it's just Yahoo, right. Way to go Ace. You can be my hero. Why don't you make the H2O / H2SO4 joke, that would just take me back to my days as a 5th grader.
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Only if you are a cat.
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Water ya doin stupid things like that for ??
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im a bada$$. i drink that with every meal.