Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen
Key Facts
Abbreviation
CHON
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑrbən ˈhaɪdrəʤən ˈɑksɪʤən ˈnaɪtrəʤən/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified
Examples in Context
- The elements such as carbon 、 hydrogen 、 oxygen 、 nitrogen and sulfur in coal were converted into various organic or inorganic compounds in the process of destructive distillation.
- Stoichiometry of particulate organic carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur in lakes and reservoirs in Taiwan
- Mantle fluid is a mixture of gases and volatiles at equilibrium with its host mantle ambience and it is mainly composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur ( CHONS ).
- In the biological treatment systems, different kinds of microbes ' growing and metabolizing need necessary elements including carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and so on, also need microelement including Fe Na and so on.
- The petroleum pollutant provides mainly carbon, hydrogen, lack of oxygen, nitrogen; phosphorus in the water is most likely to constraint microbial degradation of oil.