Carbon is meant to be the base of life as it has half an electron shell on the outside. Well so does hydrogen and a few other elements, so why arnt those as special?
Nitrates are used in lots of oxidising ways; Saltpeter in Gunpowder and Nitrous Oxide in cars; but why are nitrogen compunds so used in these situations?, why are they so good at supplying oxygen? Why arnt other oxates used, and would those work?
If a H+ ion is needed in all acidic compunds and the more H+ ions you have the more acidic something is. If you had a beaker of pure H+ ions, i.e protons, in theory, would this be the most acidic thing possible; and if so would it react even with noble gases and platinum etc.
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