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nucleic acid oxyacid amino acid phenol carbonic acid sulfonic acid sulfuric acid hydrogen cyanide phosphoric acid nitric acid coordination compound organic compound organometallic compound inorganic compound polymer ionic compound hydrate nonstoichiometric compound anhydride homologous series

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Charles Gerhardt, engraving

Charles Gerhardt

French chemist

German Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, c. 1780.

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish chemist

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Jean-Charles Galissard de Marignac

Swiss chemist