Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

Bismuth hydroxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Bi(OH) 3 A water-insoluble, white powder; precipitated by hydroxyl ion from bismuth salt solutions.

Iron blue

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Ferric ferrocyanide used as blue pigment by the paint industry for permanent body and trim paints; also used in blue ink, in paper dyeing, and as a fertiliser ingredient.

Potassium nitrate

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

KNO 3 Flammable, water-soluble, white crystals with saline taste; melts at 337_C; used in pyrotechnics, explosives, and matches, as a fertilizer, and as an analytical reagent. Also known as niter.

Thulium chloride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

TmCl 3 _7H 2 O Green, deliquescent crystals soluble in water and alcohol; melts at 824_C.

Bismuth iodide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

BiI 3 A bismuth halide that sublimes in grayish-black hexagonal crystals melting at 408_C, insoluble in water; used in analytical chemistry.

Iron nonacarbonyl

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Fe 2 (CO) 9 Orange-yellow crystals that break down at 100_C to yield tetracarbonyl, slightly soluble in alcohol and acetone, almost insoluble in water, ether, and benzene.

Potassium nitrite

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

KNO 2 White, deliquescent prisms, melting at 297– 450_C; soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; strong oxidizer, exploding at over 550_C; used as an analytical reagent, in medicine, organic ...