Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Salt cake

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Impure sodium sulfate; used in soaps, paper pulping, detergents, glass, ceramic glaze, and dyes.

Uranyl salts

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Salts of UO 3 that ionise to form UO 2 2 + and that are yellow in solution; for example, uranyl chloride, UO 2 Cl 2 .

Calcium chlorate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Ca(ClO 3 ) 2 _2H 2 O White monoclinic crystals, decomposed by heating.

LiBr_H 2 O A white, deliquescent, granular powder with a bitter taste, melting at 547_C; soluble in alcohol and glycol; used to add moisture to air-conditioning systems and as a sedative and hypnotic ...

Samarium oxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Sm 2 O 3 A cream-colored powder with a melting point of 2300_C; soluble in acids; used for infrared-absorbing glass and as a neutron absorber.

Uranyl sulphate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

UO 2 SO 4 _3 1 / 2 H 2 Oand UO 2 SO 4 _3H 2 OPoisonous, radioactive yellow crystals; soluble in water and concentrated hydrochloric acid; used as an analytical reagent. Also known as uranium sulfate.