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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...

The metallic elements in the periodic table located between the transition metals to their left and the chemically weak nonmetallic metalloids to their...

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...

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...

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...

Modified starch, also called starch derivatives, is prepared by physically, enzymatically, or chemically treating native starch to change its properties...

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...

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...

An antiglucocorticoid is a drug which reduces glucocorticoid activity in the body. They include direct glucocorticoid receptor antagonists such as mifepristone...

Friction sensitivity is an approximation of the amount of friction or rubbing a compound can withstand before prematurely exploding. For instance, nitroglycerin...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Crazing is a fine network of linear features which frequently precedes fracture in glassy thermoplastic polymers. Crazing occurs in regions of high hydrostatic...

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...

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...

Crystal chemistry is the study of the principles of chemistry behind crystals and their use in describing structure-property relations in solids, as well...

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...