Chemicals/chemical compounds
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This is a "nugget" from my teacher. It is not required but i like to do them. After searching many web sites [google, lycos, altavista, eduseek,etc] i am still searching for the answer to this question: How many different chemical compounds have been discovered by chemical science? I have found conflicting answers from 10 million to 36 million and a new one being created every nine seconds. What is your answer? I am in grade 6; the course is science.
Around 20 million not counting sequences. Around 5 million commercially available.
http://www.cas.org/cgi-bin/regreport.pl
Remember, these are just the ones registered with CAS. Many more have been made that are never registered because they were never fully characterized.
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Chemistry (non-biochemistry), environmental science, occupational health and safety, environmental regulation and management, environmental engineering, and wastewater engineering. I'm the Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety and the Director of Research at the Institute of Textile Technology.
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Chemistry (non-biochemistry), environmental science, occupational health and safety, environmental regulation and management, environmental engineering, and wastewater engineering. I'm the Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety and the Director of Research at the Institute of Textile Technology.
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