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PbS Blue, metallic, cubic crystals that melt at 1120_C, derived from the mineral galena or by reacting hydrogen sulfide gas with a solution of lead nitrate; used in semiconductors and ceramics. Also known as plumbous sulfide.
Industry:Chemistry
RbCl A water-soluble, white, lustrous powder melting at 715_C; used as a source for rubidium metal, and as a laboratory reagent.
Industry:Chemistry
One of the carbides of uranium, such as uranium monocarbide; used chiefly as a nuclear fuel.
Industry:Chemistry
CdS A compound with two forms: orange, insoluble in water, used as a pigment, and also known as orange cadmium; light yellow, hexagonal crystals, insoluble in water, and also known as cadmium yellow.
Industry:Chemistry
PbTe A crystalline solid that is very toxic if inhaled or ingested; melts at 902_C; used as a semiconductor and photoconductor in the form of single crystals.
Industry:Chemistry
Any of the halogen compounds of rubidium; examples are RbBr, RbCl, RbF, RbIBrCl, RbBr<sub>2</sub>Cl, and RbIBr<sub>2</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
UO<sub>2</sub> Black, highly toxic, spontaneously flammable, radioactive crystals; insoluble in water, soluble in nitric and sulfuric acids; melts at approximately 3000_C; used to pack nuclear fuel rods and in ceramics, pigments, and photographic chemicals. Also known as urania; uranic oxide; uranium oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
CdTe Brownish-black, cubic crystals with a melting point of 1090_C; soluble, with decomposition, in nitric acid; used for semiconductors.
Industry:Chemistry
Pb<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> A poisonous, bright-red powder, soluble in excess glacial acetic acid and dilute hydrochloric acid; used in medicine, in cement for special applications, in manufacture of colorless glass, and in ship paint. Also known as lead orthoplumbate; lead oxide red; red lead.
Industry:Chemistry
Halogen-metal-containing compounds of rubidium; examples are Rb<sub>2</sub>GeF<sub>6</sub> (rubidium hexafluorogermanate), Rb<sub>2</sub>PtCl<sub>6</sub> (rubidium chloroplatinate), and Rb<sub>2</sub>PdCl<sub>5</sub> (rubidium palladium chloride).
Industry:Chemistry
