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118 chemical elements have been identified and named officially by IUPAC.A chemical element, often simply called an element, is a type of atom which has a specific number of protons in its atomic nucleus (i.e., a specific atomic number, or Z).
List of chemical elements; List of minerals – List of minerals with Wikipedia articles; List of named alloys; List of straight-chain alkanes; Polyatomic ion – Ion containing two or more atoms; Exotic molecule – a compound containing one or more exotic atoms
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. [1] It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they undergo during reactions with other substances.
Many chemical compounds have a unique numerical identifier assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS): its CAS number. There is varying and sometimes inconsistent nomenclature differentiating substances, which include truly non-stoichiometric examples, from chemical compounds, which require the fixed ratios.
The remaining elements found in living things are primarily metals that play a role in determining protein structure. Examples include iron, essential to hemoglobin; and magnesium, essential to chlorophyll. Some elements are essential only to certain taxonomic groups of organisms, particularly the prokaryotes.
Although most compounds are referred to by their IUPAC systematic names (following IUPAC nomenclature), traditional names have also been kept where they are in wide use or of significant historical interests.
These elements originally referred to earth, water, air and fire rather than the chemical elements of modern science. The term 'elements' (stoicheia) was first used by Greek philosopher Plato around 360 BCE in his dialogue Timaeus, which includes a discussion of the composition of inorganic and organic bodies and is a speculative treatise on ...
C 10 H 6 Cl 2: dichloro naphthalene: 2050-69-3 C 10 H 6 N 2 OS 2: quinomethionate: 2439-01-2 C 10 H 6 N 2 O 8 S: flavianic acid: 483-84-1 C 10 H 6 N 4 O 2: alloxazine: 490-59-5 C 10 H 6 O 3: phenylmaleic anhydride: 36122-35-7 C 10 H 7 Cl 2 NO: chloro quinaldol: 72-80-0 C 10 H 7 Cl 2 N 3 O: anagrelide: 68475-42-3 C 10 H 7 Cl 5 O: tridiphane ...