Many chemistry aspects, rules, names of compounds, sequences of elements, their reactivity, etc., can be easily and efficiently memorized with the help of mnemonics.
[2] Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, Francium Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium Boron, Aluminium, Gallium, Indium, Thallium, Nihonium Carbon, Silicon, Germanium, Tin (stannum in Latin), Lead (plumbum in Latin) Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth, Moscovium.
Oxygen, Sulphur, Selenium, Tellurium, Polonium Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine, Tennessine Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon.
(F)irst (O)ff, (Cl)ean (N)ow; (Br)ing (I)n (S)ome (C)lothes, (H)ats, and (P)ants.
The atom whose oxidation number decreases gains (receives) one or more electrons and is said to be reduced.
Inclusion of the word "ate" signifies that each ends with the letters a-t-e. To use this for the -ite ions, simply subtract one oxygen but keep the charge the same.
[30] From R group moving around the ring:[30] The four most common elements in living organisms – carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen – may be remembered with the acronym CHON.