• ramble81@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    You need to learn yourself some molecular geometry. An octahedral molecule forms a perfect right angle due to its bonds. Sulfur Hexafloride (SF6) is one of those molecules. So yes, nature makes perfect right angles.

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      7 hours ago

      Are we talking “in a lab”, or “in nature”. Because I may not have studied molecular geometry, but I know a lot about metallurgy. And “in nature”, every compound contains impurities.

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        “in a lab”, or “in nature”

        This distinction is meaningless for the purpose of this conversation

        They said octahedral molecules, those are common enough that I think you find several kinds of them in mineral water.

        compound

        Compounds are not molecules