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(alchemy) Initialism of aqua regia. [(inorganic chemistry, archaic) A mixture of three parts concentrated hydrochloric acid to one part concentrated nitric acid.]
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(inorganic chemistry) The anion [AlSiO₄]⁻¹
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(inorganic chemistry) A nitride of beryllium, Be₃N₂.
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(inorganic chemistry) A two-dimensional layer of bismuth in a hexagonal, planar structure analogous to graphene.
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(obsolete) An old name for the chemical element boron.
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(chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate.
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(inorganic chemistry) in qualitative inorganic analysis, a test for the presence of certain metallic elements by observing the colours given to a bead of borax in a loop of platinum wire held in the oxidizing and reducing parts of a Bunsen burner flame
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(inorganic chemistry) A white solid, of empirical formula B₂O₃; it is an inorganic polymer used in making glass and enamel and for synthesizing other boron compounds.
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(chemistry) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical.
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An alkaline solution of borax
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(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of boron and carbon, B₄C, that is a very hard ceramic, and is used in tank armour, bulletproof vests etc.
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(inorganic chemistry) A white solid, of empirical formula B₂O₃, that is an inorganic polymer, and is used in making glass and enamel and for synthesizing other boron compounds.
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(inorganic chemistry) The inorganic compound with chemical formula Ca(ClO)₂, used in water treatment.
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(archaic) A chlorine ion.
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(inorganic chemistry) The chromium oxide, Cr₂O₃, manufactured from chromite and sometimes used as a pigment.
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(inorganic chemistry) A bismuthide containing two atoms of bismuth in the formula.
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(chemistry) Any salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example, potassium fluoride.
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(inorganic chemistry) A substance containing both fluoride and carbonate ions.
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(chemistry) a fullerene doped with a metal atom; some of them exhibit superconductivity
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(inorganic chemistry) An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.
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(inorganic chemistry) Any oxyanion of hafnium; any salt containing such an anion.
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(chemistry) Resembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes the fluorides and cyanides.
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(inorganic chemistry) Any oxyanion of holmium; any salt containing such an ion
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A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.
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(inorganic chemistry) lanthanide
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(chemistry) Any anion or salt containing a metal atom ligated to one or more oxygen or other atoms, or to small groups; e.g. tungstate, tetrathiomolybdate or ferrocyanide
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(chemistry) The anion MoO₄²⁻.
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(inorganic chemistry) Any oxyanion of neodymium; any salt containing such an ion
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(inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound, NiCl₂, the most important source of nickel for chemical synthesis.
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(organic chemistry) The nickel metallocene bis(cyclopentadienyl)nickel.
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(organic chemistry) A metallocene containing a niobium atom.
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(organic chemistry) A chemical compound or functional group containing carbon (“organic”) atoms and group 16/chalcogen atoms, but not necessarily exclusively, which are also organic compounds. (ie. carbon dioxide, amongst others, is inorganic, thus not an organochalogen)
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(chemistry, in combination) Five selenide ions in a compound (Se₅).
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(inorganic chemistry, rare) A pnictogen or element from group 15 of the periodic table, which includes elements nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth.
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(chemistry) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
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(inorganic chemistry) lead hydride, PbH₄
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(inorganic chemistry) Any binary compound of polonium and a more electropositive element.
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(inorganic chemistry) A complex oxyanion of tungsten that is used in protein crystallisation
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(inorganic chemistry) Any of a series of fluorides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of fluorine per molecule
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(chemistry) any oxide of rubidium, but especially the yellow solid Rb₂O; it is a strong base, reacting strongly with water to form the hydroxide and with acids to form normal salts
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(chemistry, obsolete) Combined with selenium, as in a selenide.
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(obsolete) The non-metallic chemical element silicon.
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(inorganic chemistry) An alloy of silicon and germanium used as a semiconductor.
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(inorganic chemistry) The sodium salt of hydrobromic acid (chemical formula NaBr)
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(chemistry) hydrogen telluride, H₂Te
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(chemistry) The hydrated form of tellurium oxide, H₆TeO₆, with some use as a reagent.
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(chemistry) The univalent H₃Te⁺ cation, derived from tellane.
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(inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) Four silver atoms in a compound.
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(inorganic chemistry) The binary compound of titanium and hydrogen, TiH₂, that is used in metallurgy etc. and, together with an oxidant, in pyrotechnic devices
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(chemistry) dicyclopentadienyl titanium; a divalent radical of similar structure to ferrocene
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(inorganic chemistry) Ytterbium oxide.
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(chemistry) Any binary compound of zinc.
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(chemistry) A double fluoride of zirconium and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical.
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