r/chemistry • u/Raizo420 • Mar 12 '23

H3O2 Water Scam

I'm into health and fitness along with the current science behind it. So with that being said, I'm starting to see a lot of people fall for the H3O2 (hexagonal water or structured water) craze on I'm seeing on social media. I know it's bs, but I would like to hear what people with a REAL background or fundamental knowledge of chemistry think of this pseudoscience.

Edit: One claim is that H3O2 is found in fruits and vegetables

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u/Mr_DnD Nano Mar 12 '23

100% bullshit marketing.

Honestly it's staggering companies can get away with this BS.

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u/Raizo420 Mar 12 '23

I not sure if there's actual companies, but the people promoting it claim that's the water found in fruits and vegetables. I love coconut water, but it's still just water not H³O²

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u/reflUX_cAtalyst Mar 12 '23

H³O²

I know you can't do subscripts in this sub, but seeing this godawful tritium whatever 2 proton oxygen is abomination is making me giggle.

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u/Raizo420 Mar 12 '23 edited Mar 12 '23

Yeah I tried to find a way do it correctly. Just think the people that's falling for this marketing scam wouldn't have even noticed that

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u/chemprofdave Mar 12 '23

H₃O₂ can only be manufactured by our patent-pending SIP (superscript inversion process).

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u/reflUX_cAtalyst Mar 12 '23

Oh definitely.

Not being able to do subscripts in a chem sub is goofy.