Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Mercurous sulphate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Hg 2 SO 4 Poisonous yellow-to-white powder; soluble in hot sulfuric acid or dilute nitric acid, insoluble in water; used as a catalyst and in laboratory batteries.

Sodium halide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

A compound of sodium with a halogen; for example, sodium bromide (NaBr), sodium chloride (NaCl), sodium iodide (NaI), and sodium fluoride (NaF).

Manganate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

1. Salts that have manganese in the anion. 2. In particular, a salt of manganic acid formed by fusion of manganese dioxide with an alkali.

Silver phosphate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Ag 3 PO 4 A poisonous, yellow powder; darkens when heated or exposed to light; soluble in acids and in ammonium carbonate, very slightly soluble in water; melts at 849_C; used in photographic ...

ZrC Hard, grey crystals that are soluble in water, soluble in acids; as powder, it ignites spontaneously in air; melts at 3400_C, boils at 5100_C; used as an abrasive, refractory, and metal cladding, ...

Cupric hydroxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Cu(OH) 2 Blue macro- or microscopic crystals; used as a mordant and pigment, in manufacture of many copper salts, and for staining paper. Also known as copper hydroxide.

Metahydrate sodium carbonate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Na 2 CO 3 _H 2 O Water-soluble, white crystals with an alkaline taste, loses water at 109_C, melts at 851_C; used in medicine, photography, and water pH control, and as a food additive. Also known ...