Talk:CHNS

Thiocyanic acid
CHNS is not a usual abbreviation for thiocyanic acid. The C-N triple bond means that those two letters are normally kept together. The usual abbreviation is HSCN. I think that this should go back to being a redirect to the FM station. --Bejnar (talk) 07:25, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * There a number of approaches to representing chemical structures. Condensed formulas, which are a form of structural formulas, take into account connectivity. HSCN falls into that group.


 * Molecular formulas are written using a predefined order of elements. As an illustration of this convention could serve a content of the Category:Molecular formula set index pages. In rare cases where molecular formulas overlap with unrelated terms, it is necessary to use a generic disambiguation.


 * If there is a well established primary meaning of the term, there is an option of renaming this page to CHNS (disambiguation).--Dcirovic (talk) 15:31, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Do you have a citation for this convention for writing molecular formulas? How widely is it used? Given the large number of acronyms, it does not seem to me to be such a rare case where molecular formulas overlap with other terms. --Bejnar (talk) 18:09, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


 * There is IUPAC recommendation on writing molecular (empirical) formulas . The majority of IUPAC recommendations are used throughout chemical literature and various database systems. The overlap between formulas and generic terms is infrequent, except for the very simple molecules.--Dcirovic (talk) 18:59, 11 November 2012 (UTC)