Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
CHON
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑrbən ˈhaɪdrəʤən ˈɑksɪʤən ˈnaɪtrəʤən/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. 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.
  2. Stoichiometry of particulate organic carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur in lakes and reservoirs in Taiwan
  3. 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 ).
  4. 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.
  5. The petroleum pollutant provides mainly carbon, hydrogen, lack of oxygen, nitrogen; phosphorus in the water is most likely to constraint microbial degradation of oil.

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