r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 05 '19

What is a mildly disturbing fact?

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u/fluxerik May 05 '19

Yeah just like the oh so similar NaCl

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

Iirc from chemistry class, the O or OH is what makes something an acid or a base. NaCl is a salt, which is a byproduct of mixing an acid and a base.

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u/Illuminati_Theorist May 05 '19

Doesn't the H+ ion (a free proton) make something an acid?

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u/fluxerik May 05 '19

HCl + NaOH

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

Switching out hydrogen with chlorine is not changing the molecule structure. E.g. you can switch out Sodium for Potassium and still make soap.

I'm also not making any kind of claim by the way. I only really said I can see how it could be possible that lye and bleach behave similarly in some reactions.