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... molecules far smaller than the smallest virus , and the atoms that make up the molecules and the particles that make up the atom . Consider the following table : Weight in Attograms hemoglobin molecule 0.1 uranium atom 0.0004 proton ...
... molecules far smaller than the smallest virus , and the atoms that make up the molecules and the particles that make up the atom . Consider the following table : Weight in Attograms hemoglobin molecule 0.1 uranium atom 0.0004 proton ...
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... molecules containing hydrogen and carbon atoms only ( " hydrocarbons " ) and therefore it is a good ending and a good name . The molecule of benzene consists of six carbon atoms and six hy- drogen atoms . The carbon atoms are arranged ...
... molecules containing hydrogen and carbon atoms only ( " hydrocarbons " ) and therefore it is a good ending and a good name . The molecule of benzene consists of six carbon atoms and six hy- drogen atoms . The carbon atoms are arranged ...
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... molecule ) was naturally called the " ethyl group , " and since the alcohol of wine contained this group , it came ... molecule CH3CH2OH , you would have the molecule CH , CHO . Liebig ( the man who had suggested the naughty word benzol ) ...
... molecule ) was naturally called the " ethyl group , " and since the alcohol of wine contained this group , it came ... molecule CH3CH2OH , you would have the molecule CH , CHO . Liebig ( the man who had suggested the naughty word benzol ) ...
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