Dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) is an oxidized form of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). It is actively imported into the endoplasmic reticulum of cells via glucose transporters. It is trapped therein by […]
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Jamesonite
Jamesonite is a sulfosalt mineral a lead iron antimony sulfide with formula Pb4FeSb6S14. With the addition of manganese it forms a series with benavidesite. It is a dark grey metallic […]
Niobium(V) chloride
Niobium(V) chloride also known as niobium pentachloride is a yellow crystalline solid. It hydrolyzes in air and samples are often contaminated with small amounts of NbOCl3. It is often used […]
Heptachlor
Heptachlor is an organochlorine compound that was used as an insecticide. Usually sold as a white or tan powder heptachlor is one of the cyclodiene insecticides. In 1962 Rachel Carson’s […]
Toxaphene
Toxaphene is an insecticide. It is a mixture of closely related substances. Toxaphene is a known persistent organic pollutants (POP) classified among the dirty dozen and banned globally by the […]
Triplite
Triplite is a rare phosphate mineral with formula: (MnFe)2PO4(FOH). It occurs in phosphate-rich granitic pegmatites typically as irregular brown opaque masses. Triplite was first described in 1813 for an occurrence […]
Tetraphenylene
Tetraphenylene is an organic compound solid at room temperature with the chemical formula C24H16. It is a member of the unsaturated polycyclic hydrocarbons class of compounds and a tetramer of […]
Bromate
The bromate anion BrO−3 is a bromine-based oxoanion. A bromate is a chemical compound that contains this ion. Examples of bromates include sodium bromate (NaBrO3) and potassium bromate (KBrO3).Bromates are […]
Molybdenum hexacarbonyl
Molybdenum hexacarbonyl (also called molybdenum carbonyl) is the chemical compound with the formula Mo(CO)6. This colorless solid like its chromium and tungsten analogues is noteworthy as a volatile air-stable derivative […]
Elbaite
Elbaite a sodium lithium aluminium boro-silicate is a mineral species belonging to the six member ring cyclosilicate tourmaline group with the following general composituion: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4 Elbaite forms three series with […]