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K<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>3</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O Water-soluble, white crystals; used in medicine and photography.
Industry:Chemistry
A chelating agent having three groups capable of attachment to a metal ion. Also known as terdentate ligand.
Industry:Chemistry
BN A binary compound of boron and nitrogen, especially a white, fluffy powder with high chemical and thermal stability and high electrical resistance.
Industry:Chemistry
Pb(CN)<sub>2</sub> Poisonous white to yellow powder; slightly soluble in water, decomposed by acids; used in metallurgy.
Industry:Chemistry
K<sub>2</sub>(CdI<sub>4</sub>)_2H<sub>2</sub>O A crystalline compound; used in analytical chemistry for alkaloids, amines, and other compounds. Also known as cadmium potassium iodide; potassium cadmium iodide.
Industry:Chemistry
Na<sub>3</sub> PO<sub>4</sub> A water-soluble crystalline compound; used as a cleaning compound and as a water softener. Abbreviated TSP. Also known as tertiary sodium phosphate; trisodium orthophosphate.
Industry:Chemistry
Inorganic, high-strength fiber, made of boron nitride, that is resistant to chemicals and electricity but susceptible to oxidation above 1600_F (870_C); used in composite structures for yarns, fibers, and woven products.
Industry:Chemistry
PbO<sub>2</sub> Poisonous brown crystals that decompose when heated; insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in glacial acetic acid; used as an oxidizing agent, in electrodes, batteries, matches, and explosives, as a textile mordant, in dye manufacture, and as an analytical reagent. Also known as anhydrous plumbic acid; brown lead oxide; lead peroxide.
Industry:Chemistry
Salts derived from monazite, and with rare earths in similar proportions as in monazite; contains La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, and Y as acetates, carbonates, chlorides, fluorides, nitrates, sulfates, and so on.
Industry:Chemistry
WCl<sub>6</sub> Dark blue or violet crystals with a melting point of 275_C; soluble in organic solvents; used for tungsten coatings on base metals and as a catalyst for olefin polymers.
Industry:Chemistry
