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NaH A white powder, decomposed by water, and igniting in moist air; used to make sodium borohydride and as a drying agent and a reagent.
Industry:Chemistry
HClO<sub>3</sub> A compound that exists only in solution and as chlorate salts; breaks down at 40_C.
Industry:Chemistry
MnCO<sub>3</sub> Rose-colored crystals found in nature as rhodocrosite; soluble in dilute acids, insoluble in water; used in medicine, in fertilizer, and as a paint pigment.
Industry:Chemistry
AgO A charcoal-gray powder that crystallizes in the cubic or orthorhombic system, and has diamagnetic properties; used in making silver oxide-zinc alkali batteries. Also known as argentic oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
ZrH<sub>2</sub> A flammable, gray-black powder; used in powder metallurgy and nuclear moderators, and as a reducing agent, vacuum-tube getter, and metal-foaming agent.
Industry:Chemistry
CuO Black, monoclinic crystals, insoluble in water; used in making fibers and ceramics, and in organic and gas analyses. Also known as copper oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
The science which concerns the study of natural inorganic substances called minerals.
Industry:Chemistry
NaH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>_H<sub>2</sub>O Hygroscopic, transparent, water-soluble crystals; used as a purgative, reagent, and buffer.
Industry:Chemistry
ClO<sub>2</sub> A green gas used to bleach cellulose and to treat water.
Industry:Chemistry
MnO<sub>2</sub> A black, crystalline, water-insoluble compound, decomposing to manganese sesquioxide, Mn<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, and oxygen when heated to 535_C; used as a depolarizer in certain dry-cell batteries, as a catalyst, and in dyeing of textiles. Also known as battery manganese; manganese binoxide; manganese black; manganese peroxide.
Industry:Chemistry
