Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Persulfuric acid

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

H 2 S 2 O 8 Acid formed in lead-cell batteries by electrolyzing sulfuric acid; strong oxidising agent.

Strontium chloride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

SrCl 2 Water- and alcohol-soluble white crystals, melts at 872_C; used in medicine and pyrotechnics and to make strontium salts.

Anhydrous hydrogen chloride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

HCl Hazardous, toxic, colourless gas used in polymerization, isomerization, alkylation, nitration, and chlorination reactions; becomes hydrochloric acid in aqueous solutions.

1. Any of a group of compounds related to the borates in which one or more oxygens have been replaced by fluorine atoms. 2. The BF 4 _ ion, which is derived from fluoroboric acid, HBF 4 . Also known ...

Phosphate anion

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

PO 4 3 _ The negative ion of phosphoric acid.

Strontium chromate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

SrCrO 4 A light yellow, rust- and corrosion-resistant pigment used in metal coatings and for pyrotechnics.

Ammonium sulfamate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

NH 4 OSO 2 NH 2 White crystals with a melting point of 130_C; soluble in water; used for flameproofing textiles, in electroplating, and as an herbicide to control woody plant species.