Search results for "Chemical compound" - New World Encyclopedia
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- to form salt and water, promotes certain chemical reactions (e.g. A chemical ... base will increase the acidity of a compound. This concept of acidity ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 07:38, 14 June 2023
- the inflorescence being in the form of a compound "umbel." The small ... feet) in its second year. The alternate compound leaves are bright green ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2022
- classify the elements according to their chemical properties, he noticed patterns ... made a formal presentation to the Russian Chemical Society, entitled The Dependence ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- Redox (shorthand for reduction/oxidation reaction) describes all chemical ... electron acceptor. Oxidants are usually chemical substances with elements ...12 KB (1,809 words) - 02:49, 8 December 2022
- of electrons. This is the result of chemical dissociation. ... #039;s cells and interferes with their chemical functions. This can lead ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 08:06, 29 December 2021
- verification. Thus, although some of the chemical elements have been known ... is considered to be the first modern chemical textbook. It contained a ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 15:59, 25 January 2023
- Ethylene oxide (chemical formula C2H4O) is an important industrial ... This chemical is used mostly as an intermediate in the production ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- state. Crystal polymorphs of the same compound exhibit different physical ... * performing a chemical reaction. === Applications === Artificial crystallization ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 06:32, 11 January 2024
- products. Ammonia, a significant compound of nitrogen, is useful for ... later as fertilizer, and later still as a chemical feedstock. ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- When a cation forms a chemical bond ("ionic bond") with ... An ion is denoted by its chemical formula (showing the types and numbers ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- including extractions, dry cleaning and chemical waste disposal. In polymer ... than this, it remains the dominant chemical-free technology for the ...14 KB (2,010 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- Barium (chemical symbol Ba, atomic number 56) is a soft, silvery chemical ... fluorescent lamps, and the hydroxide, a chemical base, is used to clean up ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 08:07, 20 September 2023
- in livestock feed, as an intermediate in chemical synthetic processes, and ... In the chemical industry, formic acid was long considered a compound ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- of ligands and metal ions. Originally, a chemical complex implied a reversible ... or mer. For example, in an octahedral compound with three of one ligand ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- Arsenic (chemical symbol As, atomic number 33) is a notoriously poisonous ... chemist James Marsh perfected a sensitive chemical test (the "Marsh test ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- soda, is a caustic metallic base. Its chemical formula is NaOH. Forming ... == Chemical properties == Sodium hydroxide is completely ionic, containing ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 15:05, 27 April 2023
- An acid-base reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs between an ... based on his extensive works on the chemical composition of organic acids ...18 KB (2,642 words) - 07:40, 14 June 2023
- of the sweet smell of the related compound benzene. It is an aromatic ... == Chemical properties== Toluene reacts as a normal aromatic hydrocarbon ...10 KB (1,406 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- Polonium (chemical symbol Po, atomic number 84) is a rare, extremely ... by certain microbes or by the chemical compound methylcobalamin. ...11 KB (1,554 words) - 08:39, 24 November 2022
- Antimony (chemical symbol Sb, atomic number 51) is a metalloid with ... eventually to "antimonium." The chemical pioneer Jöns Jakob Berzelius ...17 KB (2,369 words) - 06:33, 31 July 2023
