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I've never really understood how that works. Chemistry wasn't my best subject in high school, and it's been over a decade since then for me.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dissolved oxygen is not the same as the oxygen in water molecule. Think of the fizz in soda. That comes from the dissolved carbon dioxide. You can have soda that is flat and that is very sharp. The same way you can have water with less dissolved oxygen or more.

In more technical terms, think of dissolved oxygen/carbon dioxide as gas molecules held in cage of water molecules. The more cages you make, the more you can dissolve these gases until you reach the maximum amount possible at a given temperature/pressure.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Happy to help :) Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny thing is, it's the more technical explanation you gave that helped me understand it better. Like, it clicked with me when I visualized molecular cages wrapping around other molecules. :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am happy that my undergrad degree in chemistry is helpful somehow :) I have found that often stem people underestimate how much others can understand.