In this video excerpt from NOVA's "Hunting the Elements," New York Times technology columnist David Pogue investigates chemical reactions involving sodium. Find out how the electron configuration of ...

CHNSO is an acronym that represents the five most common elements found in organic compounds: Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), Nitrogen (N), Sulfur (S), and Oxygen (O). Analysing the elemental composition of ...

Matthew Addicoat receives funding from EPSRC and the Royal Society. The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them.

In chemistry, the chemical nomenclature of ionic and molecular compounds uses a systematic approach of prefixes to indicate ...

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While we refer to substances by their common names in everyday life, all these substances have a chemical name and a chemical ...