
Chemistry
Scientists Say: Inorganic
Inorganic molecules include salts, minerals and other compounds that lack organics’ carbon-hydrogen bonds.
Inorganic molecules include salts, minerals and other compounds that lack organics’ carbon-hydrogen bonds.
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