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V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>4</sub>_5H<sub>2</sub>O Toxic, deliquescent, water- and alcoholsoluble green crystals; used to mordant textiles.
Industry:Chemistry
CaO<sub>2</sub> A cream-colored powder that decomposes in water; used as an antiseptic and a detergent.
Industry:Chemistry
1. A solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide used as a strong alkaline solution in industry. 2. The alkaline solution that is obtained from the leaching of wood ashes.
Industry:Chemistry
Sin H<sub>2</sub>n+<sub>2</sub> A class of silicon-based compounds analogous to alkanes, that is, straight-chain, saturated paraffin hydrocarbons; they can be gaseous or liquid. Also known as silicon hydride.
Industry:Chemistry
VOSO<sub>4</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O Blue, toxic, water-soluble crystals; used as a reducing agent, catalyst, glass and ceramics colorant, and mordant. Also known as vanadic sulfate; vanadium sulfate.
Industry:Chemistry
1. Any phosphate of calcium. 2. Any of the following three calcium orthophosphates, all of which are white or colorless in pure form: Ca(H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub> is used as a fertilizer, as a plastics stabilizer, and in baking powder, and is also known as acid calcium phosphate, calcium dihydrogen phosphate, monobasic calcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate; CaHPO<sub>4</sub> is used in pharmaceuticals, animal feeds, and toothpastes, and is also known as calcium hydrogen phosphate, dibasic calcium phosphate, dicalcium orthophosphate, dicalcium phosphate; Ca<sub>3</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub> is used as a fertilizer, and is also known as tribasic calcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate.
Industry:Chemistry
A superacid consisting of equal molar quantities of fluorosulfonic acid (HSO<sub>3</sub>F) and antimony pentafluoride (SbF<sub>5</sub>).
Industry:Chemistry
A colloidal, highly absorbent silica used as a dehumidifying and dehydrating agent, as a catalyst carrier, and sometimes as a catalyst.
Industry:Chemistry
A permanent pigment used in watercolor painting, for example, titanium oxide (white).
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(PbO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> Orange crystals that are insoluble in cold water but decompose in hot water; used as an oxidizer in the manufacture of glass and matches.
Industry:Chemistry
