Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Calcium bromide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

CaBr 2 A deliquescent salt in the form of colourless hexagonal crystals that are soluble in water and absolute alcohol.

Carbide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

A binary compound of carbon with an element more electropositive than carbon; carbon-hydrogen compounds are excluded.

Magnesium diboride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

MgB 2 A crystalline intermetallic compound, produced as a black powder, that becomes superconducting at the unusually high temperature of 39 K (_389_F; _234_C); melts at 800 _C. Also known as ...

Silicon tetrachloride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

SiCl 4 A clear, corrosive, fuming liquid with suffocating aroma; decomposes in water and alcohol; boils at 57.6_C; used in warfare smoke screens, to make ethyl silicate and silicones, and as a ...

3ZnO_2B 2 O 3 A white, amorphous powder that is soluble in dilute acids, slightly soluble in water; melts at 980_C; used in medicine, as a ceramics flux, as an inhibitor for mildew, and to fireproof ...

Cobaltous nitrate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Co(NO 3 ) 2 _6H 2 O A red crystalline compound with a melting point of 56_C; soluble in organic solvents; used in sympathetic inks, as an additive to soils and animal feeds, and for vitamin ...

Cobalt trifluoride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

CoF 3 A brownish powder that reacts with water to form a precipitate of cobaltic hydroxide; used as a fluorinating agent. Also known as cobaltic fluoride.