Lithium tantalate (LiTaO3) is a crystalline solid which possesses unique optical piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties which make it valuable for nonlinear optics passive infrared sensors such as motion detectors terahertz […]
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Harmotome
Harmotome is a mineral one of the rarer zeolites; a hydrated barium silicate with formula: (Ba0.5Ca0.5NaK)5Al5Si11O32·12(H2O). It forms vitreous white well defined monoclinic crystals often associated with calcite and other […]
Ecamsule
Ecamsule (USAN trade name Mexoryl SX INCI terephthalylidene dicamphor sulfonic acid) is an organic compound which is added to many sunscreens to filter out UVA rays. It is a benzylidene […]
Rickardite
Rickardite is a copper telluride mineral (Cu7Te5) or Cu3-x (x = 0 to 0.36)Te2. It was first described for an occurrence in the Good Hope Mine Vulcan district Gunnison County […]
Chlorine monofluoride
Chlorine monofluoride is a volatile interhalogen compound with the chemical formula ClF. It is a colourless gas at room temperature and is stable even at high temperatures. When cooled to […]
Chlorine pentafluoride
Chlorine pentafluoride is an interhalogen compound with formula ClF5. This colourless gas is an strong oxidant that was once a candidate oxidizer for rockets. The molecule adopts a square pyramidal […]
12-Dichloroethane
The chemical compound 12-dichloroethane (or DCA) commonly known by its old name of ethylene dichloride (EDC) is a chlorinated hydrocarbon mainly used to produce vinyl chloride monomer (VCM chloroethene) the […]
Ludwigite
Ludwigite is a magnesium-iron borate mineral: Mg2FeBO5. Ludwigite typically occurs in magnesian iron skarn and other high temperature contact metamorphic deposits. It occurs in association with magnetite forsterite clinohumite and […]
N-Butyllithium
n-Butyllithium (abbreviated n-BuLi) is an organolithium reagent. It is widely used as a polymerization initiator in the production of elastomers such as polybutadiene or styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS). Also it is broadly […]
Thorin (chemistry)
Thorin (also called Thoron or Thoronol) is an indicator used in the determination of barium beryllium lithium uranium and thorium compounds. Being a compound of arsenic it is highly toxic.