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A chelating agent having two groups capable of attachment to a metal ion.
Industry:Chemistry
HIO<sub>3</sub>Water-soluble, moderately strong acid; colorless or white powder or crystals; decomposes at 110_C; used in analytical chemistry and medicine.
Industry:Chemistry
KH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>2</sub> White, opaque crystals or powder, soluble in water and alcohol; used in medicine.
Industry:Chemistry
ThCl<sub>4</sub> Hygroscopic, toxic colorless crystal needles soluble in alcohol, melts at 820_C, decomposes at 928_C; used in incandescent lighting. Also known as thorium tetrachloride.
Industry:Chemistry
An acid fluoride whose formula has the form MHF<sub>2</sub>; an example is sodium bifluoride, NaHF<sub>2</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
ICN Poisonous, colorless needles with pungent aroma and acrid taste; melts at 147_C; soluble in water, alcohol, and ether; used in taxidermy as a preservative. Also known as cyanogen iodide.
Industry:Chemistry
KIO<sub>3</sub> Odorless, white crystals; soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; melts at 560_C; used as an analytical reagent and in medicine.
Industry:Chemistry
ThO<sub>2</sub> 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; thorium oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
A compound of bismuth in which the bismuth has a valence of _5; an example is sodium bismuthate, NaBiO<sub>3</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
I<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> White crystals, decomposing at 275_C, very soluble in water, insoluble in absolute alcohol, ether, and chloroform; used as an oxidizing agent to oxidize carbon monoxide to dioxide at ordinary temperatures, and in organic synthesis. Also known as iodic acid anhydride.
Industry:Chemistry
