Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Sodium cobaltinitrite

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Na 3 Co(NO 2 ) 6 _ 1 / 2 H 2 O Purple, water-soluble, hygroscopic crystals; used as a reagent for analysis of potassium.

Cesium carbonate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Cs 2 CO 3 A white, hygroscopic, crystalline powder; soluble in water; used in specialty glasses.

Colcothar

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Red ferric oxide made by heating ferrous sulphate in the air; used as a pigment and as an abrasive in polishing glass.

Chloropicrin

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

CCl 3 NO 2 A colourless liquid with a sweet odour whose vapour is very irritating to the lungs and causes vomiting, coughing, and crying; used as a soil fumigant. Also known as nitrochloroform; ...

Manganese heptoxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Mn 2 O 7 A compound formed as an explosive darkgreen oil by the action of concentrated sulfuric acid on permanganate compounds.

Soda ash

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Na 2 CO 3 The commercial grade of sodium carbonate; a powder soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; used in glass manufacture and petroleum refining, and for soaps and detergents. Also known as ...

Zirconium oxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

ZrO 2 A toxic, heavy white powder that is insoluble in water, soluble in mineral acids; melts at 2700_C; used in ceramic glazes, special glasses, and medicine, and to make piezoelectric crystals. ...