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- Deuterium (hydrogen-2, symbol 2H or D, also known as heavy hydrogen) is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen (the other is protium, or hydrogen-1). The...71 KB (8,805 words) - 20:35, 12 May 2024
- The metallic elements in the periodic table located between the transition metals to their left and the chemically weak nonmetallic metalloids to their...124 KB (15,304 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2024
- Anodizing is an electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts. The process is...34 KB (4,392 words) - 03:48, 28 April 2024
- Silver oxide is the chemical compound with the formula Ag2O. It is a fine black or dark brown powder that is used to prepare other silver compounds. Silver...9 KB (653 words) - 03:05, 22 May 2024
- Acetone peroxide (/æsəˈtəʊn pɛrˈɒksaɪd/ also called APEX and mother of Satan) is an organic peroxide and a primary explosive. It is produced by the reaction...38 KB (3,810 words) - 22:15, 25 April 2024
- Modified starch, also called starch derivatives, is prepared by physically, enzymatically, or chemically treating native starch to change its properties...10 KB (1,099 words) - 17:52, 12 April 2024
- Refining (also perhaps called by the mathematical term affining) is the process of purification of a (1) substance or a (2) form. The term is usually used...3 KB (326 words) - 06:01, 2 February 2024
- An antiglucocorticoid is a drug which reduces glucocorticoid activity in the body. They include direct glucocorticoid receptor antagonists such as mifepristone...2 KB (123 words) - 17:00, 24 February 2024
- In a scientific sense, a chemical process is a method or means of somehow changing one or more chemicals or chemical compounds. Such a chemical process...5 KB (563 words) - 09:51, 17 April 2024
- Friction sensitivity is an approximation of the amount of friction or rubbing a compound can withstand before prematurely exploding. For instance, nitroglycerin...1 KB (130 words) - 07:42, 8 February 2024
- Erbium(III) bromide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula ErBr3 crystal which is highly soluble in water. It is used, like other metal bromide...1 KB (43 words) - 20:54, 20 February 2024
- A crotyl group is an organic functional group with the formula RCH2CH=CHCH3. Systematically, it is called a but-2-en-1-yl group and exhibits geometric...2 KB (195 words) - 00:11, 7 February 2024
- A glass electrode is a type of ion-selective electrode made of a doped glass membrane that is sensitive to a specific ion. The most common application...19 KB (2,383 words) - 17:20, 7 March 2024
- A monatomic ion (also called simple ion) is an ion consisting of exactly one atom. If, instead of being monatomic, an ion contains more than one atom,...1 KB (111 words) - 20:22, 12 March 2024
- Carboceric acid, or heptacosanoic acid or heptacosylic acid, is a 27-carbon long-chain saturated fatty acid with the chemical formula CH 3(CH 2) 25COOH...2 KB (91 words) - 03:18, 11 February 2024
- Crazing is a fine network of linear features which frequently precedes fracture in glassy thermoplastic polymers. Crazing occurs in regions of high hydrostatic...10 KB (1,284 words) - 09:18, 29 April 2024
- Chlorine monoxide is a chemical radical with the chemical formula ClO•. It plays an important role in the process of ozone depletion. In the stratosphere...3 KB (268 words) - 19:28, 28 February 2024
- Sodium gluconate is a compound with formula NaC6H11O7. It is the sodium salt of gluconic acid. Its E number is E576. This white, water-soluble powder has...6 KB (550 words) - 20:01, 16 February 2024
- Crystal chemistry is the study of the principles of chemistry behind crystals and their use in describing structure-property relations in solids, as well...3 KB (268 words) - 19:20, 28 April 2024
- A fraction in chemistry is a quantity collected from a batch of a substance in a fractionating separation process. In such a process, a mixture is separated...2 KB (189 words) - 00:21, 3 February 2024