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		rpnx 73 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation... That isn't how chemistry works.

wizzwizz4 73 days ago [–]

Isosaccharinic acid has the same chemical formula (C6H12O6) as glucose, which isn't acidic. However, they both have the same net charge.

xvedejas 73 days ago | [–]

When something is an acid, it dissociates into both a positive ion H+ and negative ion (rest of the molecule)

HA ⇌ H+ + A-

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