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The Chemical Elements of Life

Until recently it was believed that living matter incorporated 20 of the natural elements. Now it has been shown that a role is played by four others: fluorine, silicon, tin and vanadium

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 227 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “The Chemical Elements of Life” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 227 No. 1 (), p. 52
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0772-52