Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022/Generic acid
| Names | |
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| IUPAC name
Generic acid
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| Other names
Dihydrogen generate
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| Properties | |
| H2GO3 | |
| Appearance | Green or purple solution |
| Density | Variable |
| Soluble | |
| Acidity (pKa) | Variable |
| Conjugate base | Hydrogen generate |
| Hazards | |
| Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH): | |
Main hazards
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Toxic (to some degree), corrosive |
| NFPA 704 (fire diamond) | |
| Related compounds | |
Related compounds
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Generous acid Hydrogeneric acid |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Generic acid, also called dihydrogen generate, is a weak acid with chemical formula H2GO3. Being generic, many of its properties are unknown or unspecified. If one oxygen atom is removed, it becomes generous acid, H2GO2. Both compounds are commonly used in fiction, including television, movies, and especially video games.
Abundance[edit]
Generic acid, being a liquid, is not found natively in the Earth's crust, but magnesium generate (MgGO3) rocks are fairly common in South America and scattered elsewhere throughout the world. The top ten exporters of generate are Brazil, Argentina, Chile, India, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the United States, Indonesia, Uruguay, and Bolivia. Generate can be refined into generic acid, generous acid, or less commonly, hydrogeneric acid.
Generic acid[edit]
Generic acid has the formula H2GO3, formed from two hydrogen ions (2 H+) and one generate ion (GO32-). It is a liquid at room temperature. Being generic, it does not have a defined melting or boiling point, molar mass, pH, LD50, or many other characteristics. However, it is a weak acid; if a strong acid is desired, hydrogeneric acid is strong. It is the most well-known generium compound. It is commonly used in fiction when the writers do not want to specify a specific type of acid. Sometimes, fictional generic acid will have unrealistic properties, and using generic acid prevents the writers from claiming that a real-life substance does something impossible. In video games, generic acid damages the player and often other characters and/or enemies. Generic acid is sometimes found in acid pools in video games, but generous acid is more often used for this purpose.
Generous acid[edit]
Generous acid has the formula H2GO2, formed from two hydrogen ions (2 H+) and one generite ion (GO22-); this is one fewer oxygen than generic acid. It is found in generous amounts, hence its name, but the reason this is the case is unknown or unspecified. In fiction, it is most commonly found in acid pools in video games, since acid pools often contain several cubic metres of acid, and generous acid is easier to create. Like generic acid, it is a liquid at room temperature, and it's a weak acid, but it has many undefined properties.
Hydrogeneric acid[edit]
Hydrogeneric acid has the formula H2G, formed from two hydrogen ions (2 H+) and one generium ion (G2-). Unlike generic acid and generous acid, it is a strong acid, which means that it dissociates completely or almost completely in water. Despite this, it still has many unspecified properties; its pKa value is not perfectly defined. Hydrogeneric acid is the least used of the three generium acid compounds, as it is harder to make.
Toxicity[edit]
Generic acid and its relatives are toxic, but its exact toxicity is unspecified. It is generally assumed that touching it is harmful but not fatal, but falling into a pool of acid is fatal. Salts, such as sodium generide (Na2G) and sodium generate (Na2GO3), are safe to touch but mildly harmful to ingest. Different studies have found different LD50 values for generic acid that vary wildly, owing to its unspecified nature. It is suspected that generic acid is more harmful in settings that allow respawning, mainly video games, than in real life, but there is a small minority of scientists that dispute this.