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The '''Hill system''' (or '''Hill notation''') is a system of writing ]s such that the number of ] ]s in a ] is indicated first, the number of ] atoms next, and then the number of all other ]s subsequently, in ] of the ]. When the formula contains no carbon, all the elements, including hydrogen, are listed alphabetically.


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By sorting formulas according to the number of atoms of each element present in the formula according to these rules, with differences in earlier elements or numbers being treated as more significant than differences in any later element or number — like sorting text strings into ] — it is possible to ] chemical formulas into what is known as '''Hill system order'''.

The Hill system was first published by ] of the ] in 1900.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Edwin A. Hill | title = On a system of indexing chemical literature; Adopted by the Classification Division of the U.S. Patent Office | journal = ] | year = 1900 | volume = 22 | issue = 8 | pages = 478–494 | doi = 10.1021/ja02046a005}}</ref> It is the most commonly used system in chemical databases and printed indexes to sort lists of compounds.<ref name="wiggins">Wiggins, Gary. (1991). ''Chemical Information Sources.'' New York: McGraw Hill. p. 120.</ref>

==Example==
The following formulas are written using the Hill system, and listed in Hill order:

# BrI
# CCl<sub>4</sub>
# CH<sub>3</sub>I
# C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>Br
# H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>S

A list of formulas in Hill system order is arranged alphabetically, as above, with single-letter elements coming before two-letter symbols when the symbols begin with the same letter (so B comes before Be, which comes before Br).<ref name="wiggins"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* , from the University of Massachusetts Lowell libraries, including how to sort into Hill system order
* . The library calculating Hill notation is .


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