A list of chemical names

[Oliver Corff]

Dear All,

once I had compiled a short list of macros for chemical names which
allowed me to express subscripted chemical formulae in a simple manner,
like writing H2O for water. \*[H2O] will take care of the subscripts.

This afternoon, my wandering mind thought it would be nice to expand
this list. In wikipedia, there is a list of more than 2,000 names. I
converted these into a list of macros which can produce the correct
formula, the substance name and also, if available, the CAS number. The
whole macro package is technically trivial but it might help save some work.

Once the documentation is ready (in the form of a huge table) and
provided there is an interest in the community, I'll be happy to
contribute this to groff.

Currently, there are still some minor deficiencies; and I'll only have
time for the documentation in December.

Best regards,

Oliver.

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Dr. Oliver Corff
Mail:oliver.corff@email.de

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