Nylon 6 or polycaprolactam is a polymer developed by Paul Schlack at IG Farben to reproduce the properties of nylon 66 without violating the patent on its production. Unlike most […]
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Hopeite
Hopeite is a hydrated zinc phosphate with formula: Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O. It is a rare mineral used mainly as a collectors specimen. Hopeite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system with prismatic vitreous white […]
Perrhenic acid
Perrhenic acid is the chemical compound with the formula Re2O7(OH2)2. It is obtained by evaporating aqueous solutions of Re2O7. Conventionally perrhenic acid is considered to have the formula HReO4 and […]
Polycaprolactone
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a biodegradable polyester with a low melting point of around 60°C and a glass transition temperature of about −60 °C. The most common use of polycaprolactone is […]
Apiol
Apiol is an organic chemical compound also known as parsley apiol apiole or parsley camphor. It is found in the essential oils of celery leaf and all parts of parsley. […]
Merbromin
Merbromin (marketed as Mercurochrome Merbromine Sodium mercurescein Asceptichrome Supercrome Brocasept and Cinfacromin) is a topical antiseptic used for minor cuts and scrapes. Merbromin is an organomercuric disodium salt compound and […]
Sodium aluminate
Sodium aluminate is an important commercial inorganic chemical. It works as an effective source of aluminium hydroxide for many industrial and technical applications. Pure sodium aluminate (anhydrous) is a white […]
Iron(II) sulfide
Iron(II) sulfide or ferrous sulfide (Br.E. sulphide) is a chemical compound with the formula FeS. In practice iron sulfides are often non-stoichiometric. Powdered iron sulfide is pyrophoric (ignites spontaneously in […]
Herderite
Herderite is a phosphate mineral belonging to the apatite phosphate group with formula CaBe(PO4)(FOH). It forms monoclinic crystals often twinned and variable in colour from colourless through yellow to green.
Maucherite
Maucherite is a grey to reddish silver white nickel arsenide mineral. It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system. It occurs in hydrothermal veins alongside other nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals. […]