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Article #2473Re: Element Question -- Please Help!
From: j.r. bolton
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 00:00
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>> I am a junior attending Moanalua High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, taking >> Chemistry. My teacher gave us some book work over the holidays that she >> hadn't covered in class. I have been unable to find the answer to this >> question in the textbook, and I'm hoping someone can help me. >> >> What three elements are never found separated in nature? > >Perhaps they're referring to diatomic species such as H2, N2, and O2? I perhaps the three elements are C, H and O, which are almost always found in natural organic matter. There are some exceptions, since some plants produce hydrocarbons (e.g., rubber plants), which contain only C and H. -- Prof. James R. Bolton, Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7; Tel: 519-661-2170; Fax: 519-661-3022
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4886,ef850747f32aaa7a X-Google-Attributes: gidf4886,public X-Google-Thread: 116032,ef850747f32aaa7a X-Google-Attributes: gid116032,public X-Google-Thread: f59b0,ef850747f32aaa7a X-Google-Attributes: gidf59b0,public From: jbolton@julian.uwo.ca (j.r. bolton) Subject: Re: Element Question -- Please Help! Date: 1997/01/04 Message-ID: <5aleqq$okn@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca> X-Deja-AN: 207662110 references: <01bbf9e9$740c9b20$b2000ccf@default> <32CDD7F3.11E6@iglou.com> organization: University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. Canada newsgroups: sci.chem,sci.chem.analytical,can.schoolnet.chem.sr