Human molecular formula

In hmolscience, human molecular formula (TR:135) (LH:13) (TL:148) is the molecular formula, empirical or molecular, of a human.

Sterner-Esler 22-element formula

See main: Sterner-Elser human molecular formula

In 2000, Robert Sterner and James Elser, two American limnologists, derived a 22-element "empirical molecular formula" for a human, based on the the classic six CHNOPS-elements: C, H, N, O, P, S, plus the following 16-elements: Ca, K, Cl, Na, Mg, Fe, F, Zn, Si, Cu, I, Sn, Mn, Se, Cr, and Co.

Empirical

The Sterner-Esler human "empirical molecular formula", which shows the the simplest positive integer ratio of atoms present in compound or molecular species, is as follows:

H_375,000,000O_132,000,000C_85,700,000N_6,430,000Ca_1,500,000P_1,020,000S_206,000Na_183,000K_177,000

Cl_127,000Mg_40,000Si_38,600Fe_2,680Zn_2,110Cu₇₆I₁₄Mn₁₃F₁₃Cr₇Se₄Mo₃Co₁

This 22-element formula was eventually published in their 2002 Ecological Stoiciometry, where they give a periodic table, showing the elements believed common to the mass composition of bacteria.

Thims 26-element formula

See main: Thims human molecular formula

In early 2002, Libb Thims, independent of Sterner and Elser, while drafting the chapter 19 "What happens when you die?", to his then three-volume Human Thermodynamics, began to ruminate on the query "what is a human?", particularly in respect to the exact second a person ceases to exist; the following are draft notes on this:

Starting from this seedling idea, following three months of rigorous research into the mass compositions of humans, Thims derived a 26-element human molecular formula, empirical and molecular, for an average 70 kg (154 lb) person, based on the the classic six CHNOPS-elements: C, H, N, O, P, S, plus the following 20-elements: Ca, K, Cl, Na, Mg, Fe, F, Zn, Si, Cu, B, I, Sn, Mn, Se, Cr, Ni, Mo, Co, and V.

Empirical

The Thims human "empirical molecular formula", which shows the the simplest positive integer ratio of atoms present in compound, molecule, or chemical species, is as follows:

H_2.5⁹O_9.78C_4.9⁸N_4.7⁷P_9.0⁶Ca_8.9⁶K_2.0⁶Na_1.9⁶S_1.6⁶Cl_1.3⁶Mg_3.0⁵Fe_5.5⁴

F_5.4⁴Zn_1.2⁴Si_9.1³Cu_1.2³B_7.1²Cr₉₈Mn₉₃Ni₈₇Se₆₅Sn₆₄I₆₀Mo₁₉Co₁₇V

In comparing these two formulas, the Sterner-Elser empirical human molecular formula (2000) with the Thims empirical human molecular formula (2002), we note that four elements, namely: B (boron), Ni (nickle), Sn (tin) and and V (vanadium), as shown highlighted yellow above, the functions of which in humans as summarized in "elements table" (Thims, 2008), are not seen in the Sterner-Elser formula, whereas they are shown in the Thims formula. Here, in reoccurring reflection, we seem to be at a stage in evolution of human intellect, in respect to the elemental composition of humans, in regards to the seeming lack of exactness and interest in this potent subject, equivalent to how the Egyptians, four to five thousand years ago, thought the "brain" was a sort of "stuffing" for the skull, discarding it, during the embalming process, keeping the "heart", in a canopic jar, which they thought was the import part, per reason that they believed it contained the "soul" or the moral moving principle of humans. Granted, however, to note, as of 65 AE, presently, were are in a very young point in the atomic era.

Molecular

The Thims human "molecular formula", which shows the atoms present in a compound, molecule, or chemical species, is as follows, ordered according to an atomic count ranking:

C₁₀²⁷H₁₀²⁷O₁₀²⁷N₁₀²⁶P₁₀²⁵S₁₀²⁴Ca₁₀²⁵K₁₀²⁴Cl₁₀²⁴Na₁₀²⁴Mg₁₀²⁴Fe₁₀²³F₁₀²³

Zn₁₀²²Si₁₀²²Cu₁₀²¹B₁₀²¹I₁₀²⁰Sn₁₀²⁰Mn₁₀²⁰Se₁₀²⁰Cr₁₀²⁰Ni₁₀²⁰Mo₁₀¹⁹Co₁₀¹⁹V₁₀¹⁸

This 26-element formula was eventually printed in various early draft manuscripts, e.g. Human Thermodynamics (2002 to 2003) and Cessation Thermodynamics (2005), read by about 100 reviewers, online in 2005, in the HumanThermodynamics.com “Molecular Evolution Table” (see: molecular evolution table), and in published book form in Human Chemistry (2007) and The Human Molecule (2008), cited variously thereafter, such as Kalyan Annamalai’s Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (2011) and Harvard’s BioNumbers (2015).

External links

• Human molecular formula (subdomain) – Hmolpedia 2020.