In chemistry the organic compound triphenylene is a flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of four fused benzene rings. Triphenylene can be isolated from coal tar but it is also […]
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Flavin mononucleotide
Flavin mononucleotide (FMN) or riboflavin-5′-phosphate is a biomolecule produced from riboflavin (vitamin B2) by the enzyme riboflavin kinase and functions as prosthetic group of various oxidoreductases including NADH dehydrogenase as […]
Halotrichite
Halotrichite also known as feather alum is a highly hydrated sulfate of aluminium and iron. Its chemical formula is FeAl2(SO4)4·22H2O. It forms fibrous monoclinic crystals. The crystals are water soluble. […]
Fassaite
Fassaite is a variety of augite with a very low iron content Ca(MgFeAl)(SiAl)2O6. It is named after the Fassa Valley Italy. It is thought to be a contact mineral formed […]
Carbonado
Carbonado commonly known as the Black Diamond is the toughest form of natural diamond. It is an impure form of polycrystalline diamond consisting of diamond graphite and amorphous carbon. It […]
Mottramite
Mottramite is an orthorhombic mineral PbCu(VO4)(OH) at the copper end of the descloizite group. It was formerly called cuprodescloizite or psittacinite (this mineral characterized in 1868 by Frederick Augustus Genth).
Mordenite
Mordenite is a zeolite mineral with the chemical formula (Ca Na2 K2)Al2Si10O24·7H2O. According to Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (2005) it is one of the six most abundant zeolites and […]
Kalinite
Kalinite is a mineral composed of hydrated potassium aluminium sulfate (a type of alum). It is a fibrous monoclinic alum distinct from isometric potassium alum named in 1868. Its name […]
Tetramethylsilane
Tetramethylsilane (abbreviated as TMS) is the organosilicon compound with the formula Si(CH3)4. It is the simplest tetraorganosilane. Like all silanes the TMS framework is tetrahedral. TMS is a building block […]
Yttrium(III) oxide
Yttrium oxide also known as yttria is Y2O3. It is an air-stable white solid substance. Yttrium oxide is used as a common starting material for both materials science as well […]