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.[1]
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:
- H375,000,000O132,000,000C85,700,000N6,430,000Ca1,500,000P1,020,000S206,000Na183,000K177,000
- Cl127,000Mg40,000Si38,600Fe2,680Zn2,110Cu76I14Mn13F13Cr7Se4Mo3Co1
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.[2]
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?"[3], 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.[4]
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:
- H2.59O9.78C4.98N4.77P9.06Ca8.96K2.06Na1.96S1.66Cl1.36Mg3.05Fe5.54
- F5.44Zn1.24Si9.13Cu1.23B7.12Cr98Mn93Ni87Se65Sn64I60Mo19Co17V
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.[5] 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).[6][7]
References
- ↑ Sterner-Elser human molecular formula (subdomain) – Hmolpedia 2020.
- ↑ Sterner, Robert and Elser, James. (2002). Ecological Stoichiometry: the Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere (human molecule, empirical formula pg. 3; discussion, pgs. 47, 135). Princeton University Press.
- ↑ Thims, Libb. (2002). Human Thermodynamics (ch. 19: “Where Does One Go After Death”, pgs. 491-), unpublished manuscript. Chicago: Institute of Human Thermodynamics.
- ↑ Human molecular formula (subdomain) – Hmolpedia 2020.
- ↑ Thims, Libb. (2008). The Human Molecule (elements table, pgs. 52-56). LuLu.
- ↑ Annamalai, Kalyan, Puri, Ishwar K., and Jog, Milind A. (2011). Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering (§14: Thermodynamics and Biological Systems, pgs. 709-99, contributed by Kalyan Annamalai and Carlos Silva; §14.4.1: Human body | Formulae, pgs. 726-27; Thims, ref. 88). CRC Press.
- ↑ (a) Thims human molecular formula (molecular) (2015) – Harvard BioNumbers.
(b) Thims human molecular formula (empirical) (2015) – Harvard BioNumbers.
External links
- Human molecular formula (subdomain) – Hmolpedia 2020.