Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Uranium dioxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

UO 2 Black, highly toxic, spontaneously flammable, radioactive crystals; insoluble in water, soluble in nitric and sulfuric acids; melts at approximately 3000_C; used to pack nuclear fuel rods and ...

Cadmium telluride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

CdTe Brownish-black, cubic crystals with a melting point of 1090_C; soluble, with decomposition, in nitric acid; used for semiconductors.

Lead tetroxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Pb 3 O 4 A poisonous, bright-red powder, soluble in excess glacial acetic acid and dilute hydrochloric acid; used in medicine, in cement for special applications, in manufacture of colourless glass, ...

Rubidium halometallate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Halogen-metal-containing compounds of rubidium; examples are Rb 2 GeF 6 (rubidium hexafluorogermanate), Rb 2 PtCl 6 (rubidium chloroplatinate), and Rb 2 PdCl 5 (rubidium palladium chloride).

Uranium hexafluoride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

UF 6 Highly toxic, radioactive, corrosive, colourless crystals; soluble in carbon tetrachloride, fluorocarbons, and liquid halogens; it reacts vigorously with alcohol, water, ether, and most metals, ...

Cadmium tungstate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

CdWO 4 White or yellow crystals or powder; soluble in ammonium hydroxide and alkali cyanides; used in fluorescent paint, x-ray screens, and scintillation counters.

Lead thiocyanate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Pb(SCN) 2 Yellow, monoclinic crystals, soluble in potassium thiocyanate and slightly soluble in water; used in the powder mixture that primes small arm cartridges, in dyes, and in safety matches.