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Potassium iodate
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
KIO 3 Odorless, white crystals; soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; melts at 560_C; used as an analytical reagent and in medicine.
Thorium dioxide
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
ThO 2 A heavy, white powder soluble in sulfuric acid, insoluble in water, melts at 3300_C; used in medicine, ceramics, flame spraying, and electrodes. Also known as thoria; thorium anhydride; ...
Bismuthate
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
A compound of bismuth in which the bismuth has a valence of _5; an example is sodium bismuthate, NaBiO 3 .
Iodine pentoxide
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
I 2 O 5 White crystals, decomposing at 275_C, very soluble in water, insoluble in absolute alcohol, ether, and chloroform; used as an oxidising agent to oxidise carbon monoxide to dioxide at ...
Potassium iodide
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
KI Water- and alcohol-soluble, white crystals with saline taste; melts at 686_C; used in medicine and photography, and as an analytical reagent.
Thorium fluoride
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
ThF 4 A white, toxic powder, melts at 1111_C; used to make thorium metal and magnesium-thorium alloys and in high-temperature ceramics.
Bismuth chloride
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
BiCl 3 A deliquescent material that melts at 230–232_C and decomposes in water to form the oxychloride; used to make bismuth salts. Also known as bismuth trichloride.
