A report on Chemical composition

Chemical composition refers to identity and number of the chemical elements that make up any particular compound.

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Steam and liquid water are two different forms of the same chemical (pure) substance: water.

Chemical substance

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Steam and liquid water are two different forms of the same chemical (pure) substance: water.
Colors of a single chemical (Nile red) in different solvents, under visible and UV light, showing how the chemical interacts dynamically with its solvent environment.
Native sulfur crystals. Sulfur occurs naturally as elemental sulfur, in sulfide and sulfate minerals and in hydrogen sulfide.
Potassium ferricyanide is a compound of potassium, iron, carbon and nitrogen; although it contains cyanide anions, it does not release them and is nontoxic.
Cranberry glass, while appearing homogeneous, is a mixture consisting of glass and gold colloidal particles of about 40nm in diameter, giving it a red color.
Chemicals in graduated cylinders and beaker.

A chemical substance is a form of matter having constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.

A ternary flammability diagram, showing which mixtures of methane, oxygen gas, and inert nitrogen gas will burn

Ternary plot

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Barycentric plot on three variables which sum to a constant.

Barycentric plot on three variables which sum to a constant.

A ternary flammability diagram, showing which mixtures of methane, oxygen gas, and inert nitrogen gas will burn
lang=da|Plotting all the samples
Figure 1. Altitude method
Figure 2. Intersection method
Figure 3. An example ternary diagram, without any points plotted.
Figure 4. An example ternary diagram, showing increments along the first axis.
Figure 5. An example ternary diagram, showing increments along the second axis.
Figure 6. An example ternary diagram, showing increments along the third axis.
Figure 7. Empty ternary plot
Figure 8. Indication of how the three axes work.
Unlabeled triangle plot with major grid lines
Unlabeled triangle plot with major and minor grid lines

The advantage of using a ternary plot for depicting chemical compositions is that three variables can be conveniently plotted in a two-dimensional graph.