Citation: He Juan. The History of the Chinese Chemical Terms Wan, Xi and Que[J]. Chemistry, ;2016, 79(7): 667-670,666. shu

The History of the Chinese Chemical Terms Wan, Xi and Que

He Juan

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College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049

Received Date: 22 February 2016
Available Online: 28 March 2016
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The Nomenclature of Chemistry approved in 1932 by the Ministry of Education established unified standard for Chinese chemical terms. The majority of its names are in use today. For the choice of characters in naming chemical elements and compounds, the Nomenclature proposed the general principle that "phonograms are preferred, associative characters second, and pictographic characters are not valued". According to this rule, it created many brand-new pictophonetic terms such as ben(苯), nai(萘), en(蒽)and fei(菲). However, the three former names it adopted wan(烷), xi(烯)and que(炔)are ideographic, which seems to run counter to the principle. This paper discusses various historical translated terms for wan, xi and que, and explains reasonably why these three words were accepted by the Nomenclature.
- Alkanes,
- Alkenes,
- Alkynes,
- Chemical nomenclature,
- Terms
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