Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Orthophosphate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

One of the possible salts of orthophosphoric acid; the general formula is M 3 PO 4 , where M may be potassium as in potassium orthophosphate, K 3 PO 4 .

Sodium tetrasulfide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Na 2 S 4 Hygroscopic, yellow or dark-red crystals, melting at 275_C; used for insecticides and fungicides, ore flotation, and dye manufacture, and as a reducing agent.

Ammonium bromide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

NH 4 Br An ammonium halide that crystallises in the cubic system; made by the reaction of ammonia with hydrobromic acid or bromine; used in photography and for pharmaceutical preparations ...

Ferric ferrocyanide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Fe 4 (Fe(CN) 6 ) 3 Dark-blue crystals, used as a pigment, and with oxalic acid in blue ink. Also known as iron ferrocyanide.

Osmate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

A salt or ester of osmic acid, containing the osmate radical, OsO 4 2 _; for example, potassium osmate (K 2 OsO 4 ).

Sodium thiocyanate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

NaSCN A poisonous, water- and alcohol-soluble, deliquescent, white powder; melts at 287_C; used as an analytical reagent, solvent, and chemical intermediate, and for rubber treatment and textile ...

Ammonium carbamate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

NH 4 NH 2 CO 2 A salt that forms colorless, rhombic crystals, which are very soluble in cold water; an important, unstable intermediate in the manufacture of urea; found in commercial ammonium ...