Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Silver suboxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

AgO A charcoal-gray powder that crystallises in the cubic or orthorhombic system, and has diamagnetic properties; used in making silver oxide-zinc alkali batteries. Also known as argentic oxide.

Zirconium hydride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

ZrH 2 A flammable, gray-black powder; used in powder metallurgy and nuclear moderators, and as a reducing agent, vacuum-tube getter, and metal-foaming agent.

Cupric oxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

CuO Black, monoclinic crystals, insoluble in water; used in making fibres and ceramics, and in organic and gas analyses. Also known as copper oxide.

Molybdenum pentachloride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

MoCl 5 Hygroscopic gray-black needles melting at 194_C; reacts with water and air; soluble in anhydrous organic solvents; used as a catalyst and as raw material to make molybdenum hexacarbonyl.

Sodium hypophosphite

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

NaH 2 PO 2 _H 2 O Colorless, pearly, water-soluble crystalline plates or a white, granular powder; used in medicine and electroless nickel plating of plastic and metal.

Chlorosulfonic acid

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

ClSO 2 OH A fuming liquid that decomposes in water to sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid; used in pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and dyes, and as a chemical intermediate.