Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Sodium metaborate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

NaBO 2 Water-soluble, white crystals, melting at 966_C; the aqueous solution is alkaline; made by fusing sodium carbonate with borax; used as an herbicide.

Chromic acid

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

H 2 CrO 4 The hydrate of CrO 3 ; exists only as salts or in solution.

Cyanogen fluoride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

CNF A toxic, colourless gas, used as a tear gas.

Neodymium chloride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

NdCl 3 _xH 2 O Water-and acid-soluble, pink lumps; used to prepare metallic neodymium.

Sodium molybdate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Na 2 MoO 4 Water-soluble crystals, melting at 687_C; used as an analytical reagent, corrosion inhibitor, catalyst, and zinc-plating brightening agent, and in medicine.

Cr(OH) 3 _2H 2 O Gray-green, gelatinous precipitate formed when a base is added to a chromic salt; the precipitate dries to a bluish, amorphous powder; prepared as an intermediate in the manufacture ...

Manganous hydroxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Mn(OH) 2 Heat-decomposable white-pink crystals; insoluble in water and alkali, soluble in acids; occurs in nature as pyrochroite. Also known as manganese hydroxide.