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Mammoth Chemistry
Reference Periodic Table
Meth (pronounced ‘m
ee
th’)
Molecules beginning with ‘meth’ have only one carbon atom.
1 = bun, meth = me teeth
This picture should remind you that hydrocarbons beginning with
meth
(me teeth) have
one
(bun) carbon atom.
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