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All textbooksMcMurry 8th EditionCh.2 - Atoms, Molecules & IonsProblem 46

Chapter 2, Problem 46

How many elements are presently known? About how many occur naturally?

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Hello everyone today. We have the following problem, true or false. There are 118 currently known elements and about 90 of them occur naturally. This statement is going to be true. We do have 118 known elements, and indeed 90 of them naturally occur. And so ultimately this statement is going to be true Overall, I hope this helped, and until next time.
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