What do most people say for “Name a chemical base”?

The usual first answers are Sodium hydroxide, Ammonia and Potassium hydroxide. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a chemical base”?

30 in all: 3 on The Tip, 4 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 16 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a chemical base” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “DBN” and the longest is “Lithium diisopropylamide”.

Chemistry trivia

Name a chemical base

“Name a chemical base” is one of 27 chemistry prompts in Icillion. Of its 30 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Sodium hydroxide
Ammonia
Potassium hydroxide

One step down

These 4 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Calcium hydroxide
Magnesium hydroxide
Sodium carbonate
Sodium bicarbonate

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	4	25
The Deep	6	50
The Abyss	16	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 6 answers starting with B, C, L, M, P and S. The Abyss has 16 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

30 answers in total, 20 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “DBN”. Longest: “Lithium diisopropylamide”.
S, P and D are the most common first letters; together they start 60% of the answers.
5 answers can be typed more than one way: “NH3” counts as Ammonia.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with S: 8 of the answers begin with it.
Sodium hydroxide, Ammonia and Potassium hydroxide are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Use the periodic table: groups and rows you rarely think about are full of rare answers.

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