Nitrogen is a chemical element that is crucial in sustaining the Earth’s atmosphere and all life. In fact, about 80% of the atmosphere is made of nitrogen. It plays, literally, such a big part in life that scientists say that it is the seventh most abundant chemical in the universe....
Zinc is a kind of metallic chemical element. It is considered to be a transition metal, similar to nickel and mercury. It has the chemical symbol of ZN with an atomic number of 30. In its pure form it has a kind of light blue color. It tends to be quite brittle at room temperature but, once it is...
Formaldehyde is a type of chemical compound that is of essential use to many manufacturing sectors and other industries. When talking of formaldehyde, most people will be more familiar with one of its forms – formalin. Formalin is a solution of formaldehyde that is famous for being used as an...
Magnesium (with a symbol of Mg) is a metallic chemical element. It has an atomic number of 12, and—like calcium and barium—is considered to be an alkaline earth element. Magnesium was discovered in1808 by the scientist Sir Humphry Davy. However, some believe Davy only found magnesium oxide, and...
Sodium is a mineral, and one of the ten most abundant minerals on Earth. Its chemical symbol is “Na” which is the abbreviation of natrium, a Latin word. It has the atomic number of 11. It was first isolated in 1807 by Sir Humphrey Davy, who “discovered” it when he ran an electric current through...
Amino acids are the building blocks of life. These “protein blocks” combine to create chains that make up 75 percent of the human body. Without amino acids we would not exist—nor could we survive. Amino acids are crucial for practically every bodily function. In fact, almost all of the chemical...
There are many unique characteristics differentiating one person from the next. People like to say that is what makes life interesting. But no matter how many facets of ourselves are unique, there are always going to be some in which we share a commonality with a percentage of the population....
