Although most compounds are referred to by their
IUPAC
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IUPAC nomenclature
A chemical nomenclature is a set of rules to generate systematic names for chemical compounds. The nomenclature used most frequently worldwide is the one created and developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
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Actinium(III) chloride –
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Actinium(III) fluoride –
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Actinium(III) oxide –
Al
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Aluminium antimonide
Aluminium antimonide (AlSb) is a semiconductor of the group III-V family containing aluminium and antimony. The lattice constant is 0.61 nm. The indirect bandgap is approximately 1.6 eV at 300 K, whereas the direct band gap is 2.22 eV.
Its ...
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Aluminium arsenate –
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Aluminium arsenide – AlAs
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Aluminium diboride
Aluminium diboride (AlB2) is a chemical compound made from the metal aluminium and the metalloid boron. It is one of two compounds of aluminium and boron, the other being AlB12, which are both commonly referred to as aluminium boride.
Structu ...
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Aluminium bromide
Aluminium bromide is any chemical compound with the empirical formula AlBrx. Aluminium tribromide is the most common form of aluminium bromide. It is a colorless, sublimable hygroscopic solid; hence old samples tend to be hydrated, mostly as al ...
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Aluminium carbide –
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Aluminium iodide –
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Aluminium nitride – AlN
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Aluminium oxide –
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Aluminium phosphide
Aluminium phosphide is a highly toxic inorganic compound with the chemical formula AlP, used as a wide band gap semiconductor and a fumigant. This colorless solid is generally sold as a grey-green-yellow powder due to the presence of impurities a ...
– AlP
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Aluminium chloride
Aluminium chloride, also known as aluminium trichloride, is an inorganic compound with the formula . It forms hexahydrate with the formula , containing six water molecules of hydration. Both are colourless crystals, but samples are often contam ...
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Aluminium fluoride
Aluminium fluoride refers to inorganic compounds with the formula AlF3·''x''H2O. They are all colorless solids. Anhydrous AlF3 is used in the production of aluminium metal. Several occur as minerals.
Occurrence and production
Aside from anhydr ...
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Aluminium hydroxide
Aluminium hydroxide, Al(OH)3, is found in nature as the mineral gibbsite (also known as hydrargillite) and its three much rarer polymorphs: bayerite, doyleite, and nordstrandite. Aluminium hydroxide is amphoteric, i.e., it has both basic an ...
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Aluminium nitrate –
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Aluminium sulfide
Aluminum sulfide or aluminium sulphide is a chemical compound with the formula Al2 S3. This colorless species has an interesting structural chemistry, existing in several forms. The material is sensitive to moisture, hydrolyzing to hydrated alumi ...
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Aluminium sulfate –
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Aluminium potassium sulfate –
Am
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Americium(II) bromide
Americium(II) bromide or americium dibromide is the chemical compound composed of an americium cation in the +2 oxidation state and 2 bromide ions in each formula unit, with the formula
In science, a formula is a concise way of expressing inf ...
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Americium(III) bromide
Americium(III) bromide or americium tribromide is the chemical compound composed of americium and bromine with the formula
In science, a formula is a concise way of expressing information symbolically, as in a mathematical formula or a ''chem ...
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Americium(II) chloride
Americium(II) chloride, also known as dichloroamericium, is the chemical compound composed of americium and chloride with the formula
In science, a formula is a concise way of expressing information symbolically, as in a mathematical formula o ...
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Americium(III) chloride
Americium(III) chloride or americium trichloride is the chemical compound composed of americium and chlorine with the formula AmCl3. This salt forms pink hexagonal crystals.
In the solid state each americium atom has nine chlorine atoms as near ne ...
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Americium(III) fluoride
Americium(III) fluoride or americium trifluoride is the chemical compound composed of americium and fluorine with the formula
In science, a formula is a concise way of expressing information symbolically, as in a mathematical formula or a ''c ...
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Americium(IV) fluoride −
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Americium(II) iodide −
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Americium(III) iodide −
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Americium dioxide
Americium is a synthetic radioactive chemical element with the symbol Am and atomic number 95. It is a transuranic member of the actinide series, in the periodic table located under the lanthanide element europium, and thus by analogy was na ...
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Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula . A stable binary hydride, and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinct pungent smell. Biologically, it is a common nitrogenous wa ...
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Ammonium azide
Ammonium azide is the chemical compound with the formula , being the salt of ammonia and hydrazoic acid. Like other inorganic azides, this colourless crystalline salt is a powerful explosive, although it has a remarkably low sensitivity. is phy ...
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Ammonium bicarbonate
Ammonium bicarbonate is an inorganic compound with formula (NH4)HCO3. The compound has many names, reflecting its long history. Chemically speaking, it is the bicarbonate salt of the ammonium ion. It is a colourless solid that degrades readily to ...
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Ammonium bisulfate
Ammonium bisulfate, also known as ammonium hydrogen sulfate, is a white, crystalline solid with the chemical formula, formula (NH4)HSO4. This salt is the product of the half-neutralization of sulfuric acid by ammonia.
Production
It is commonly co ...
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Ammonium bromide
Ammonium bromide, NH4Br, is the ammonium salt of hydrobromic acid. The chemical crystallizes in colorless prisms, possessing a saline taste; it sublimes on heating and is easily soluble in water. On exposure to air it gradually assumes a yellow c ...
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Ammonium chromate –
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Ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate –
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Ammonium cerium(IV) sulfate
Ammonium cerium(IV) sulfate is an inorganic compound with the formula (NH4)4Ce(SO4)4·2H2O. It is an orange-colored solid. It is a strong oxidant, the potential for reduction is about +1.44V. Cerium(IV) sulfate is a related compound.
Structure ...
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Ammonium chloride –
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Ammonium chlorate –
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Ammonium cyanide
Ammonium cyanide is an unstable inorganic compound with the formula NH4CN.
Uses
Ammonium cyanide is generally used in organic synthesis. Being unstable, it is not shipped or sold commercially.
Preparation
Ammonium cyanide is prepared in solutio ...
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Ammonium dichromate
Ammonium dichromate is an inorganic compound with the formula (NH4)2Cr2O7. In this compound, as in all chromates and dichromates, chromium is in a +6 oxidation state, commonly known as hexavalent chromium. It is a salt consisting of ammonium io ...
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Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate
Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP), also known as monoammonium phosphate (MAP) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (NH4)(H2PO4). ADP is a major ingredient of agricultural fertilizers and some fire extinguishers. It also has sign ...
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Ammonium hexafluoroaluminate – AlF
6H
12 N
3
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Ammonium hexafluorophosphate – F
6H4 NP
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Ammonium hexachloroplatinate
Ammonium hexachloroplatinate, also known as ammonium chloroplatinate, is the inorganic compound with the formula (NH4)2 tCl6 It is a rare example of a soluble platinum(IV) salt that is not hygroscopic. It forms intensely yellow solutions in water. ...
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Ammonium hexafluorosilicate
Ammonium fluorosilicate (also known as ammonium hexafluorosilicate, ammonium fluosilicate or ammonium silicofluoride) has the formula (NH4)2SiF6. It is a toxic chemical, like all salts of fluorosilicic acid.Wiberg, E., Wiberg, N., and Holleman, A ...
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Ammonium hexafluorotitanate
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Ammonium hexafluorozirconate
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Ammonium hydroxide
Ammonia solution, also known as ammonia water, ammonium hydroxide, ammoniacal liquor, ammonia liquor, aqua ammonia, aqueous ammonia, or (inaccurately) ammonia, is a solution of ammonia in water. It can be denoted by the symbols NH3(aq). Although ...
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Ammonium nitrate
Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is a white crystalline salt consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate. It is highly soluble in water and hygroscopic as a solid, although it does not form hydrates. It is ...
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Ammonium orthomolybdate –
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Ammonium sulfamate
Ammonium sulfamate (or ammonium sulphamate) is a white crystalline solid, readily soluble in water. It is commonly used as a broad spectrum herbicide, with additional uses as a compost accelerator, flame retardant and in industrial processes.
Man ...
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Ammonium sulfide –
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Ammonium sulfite
Ammonium sulfite is the ammonium salt of sulfurous acid with the chemical formula (NH4)2SO3.
Preparation
Ammonium sulfite can be prepared by the reaction of ammonia with sulfur dioxide in aqueous solution:
:2 NH3 + SO2 + H2O → (NH4)2SO3
Ammon ...
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Ammonium sulfate
Ammonium sulfate (American English and international scientific usage; ammonium sulphate in British English); (NH4)2SO4, is an inorganic salt with a number of commercial uses. The most common use is as a soil fertilizer. It contains 21% nitrogen a ...
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Ammonium perchlorate –
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Ammonium permanganate –
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Ammonium persulfate
Ammonium persulfate (APS) is the inorganic compound with the formula (NH4)2S2O8. It is a colourless (white) salt that is highly soluble in water, much more so than the related potassium salt. It is a strong oxidizing agent that is used as a catalys ...
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Ammonium diamminetetrathiocynatochromate(III) –
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Ammonium thiocyanate
Ammonium thiocyanate is an inorganic compound with the formula NH4SCN. It is the salt of the ammonium cation and the thiocyanate anion.
Uses
Ammonium thiocyanate is used in the manufacture of herbicides, thiourea, and transparent artificial resin ...
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Ammonium triiodide –
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Diammonium dioxido(dioxo)molybdenum –
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Diammonium phosphate
Diammonium phosphate (DAP; IUPAC name diammonium hydrogen phosphate; chemical formula (NH4)2(HPO4) is one of a series of water-soluble ammonium phosphate salts that can be produced when ammonia reacts with phosphoric acid.
Solid diammonium phosp ...
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Tetramethylammonium perchlorate –
Sb
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Antimony hydride (stybine) –
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Antimony pentachloride
Antimony pentachloride is a chemical compound with the formula SbCl5. It is a colourless oil, but typical samples are yellowish due to dissolved chlorine. Owing to its tendency to hydrolyse to hydrochloric acid, SbCl5 is a highly corrosive substa ...
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Antimony pentafluoride –
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Antimony potassium tartrate
Antimony potassium tartrate, also known as potassium antimonyl tartrate, potassium antimontarterate, or tartar emetic, has the formula K2Sb2(C4H2O6)2. The compound has long been known as a powerful emetic, and was used in the treatment of schistoso ...
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Antimony sulfate
Antimony sulfate, Sb2(SO4)3, is a hygroscopic salt formed by reacting antimony or its compounds with hot sulfuric acid. It is used in doping of semiconductors and in the production of explosives and fireworks.
Structure
Solid antimony sulfate ...
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Antimony trichloride
Antimony trichloride is the chemical compound with the formula SbCl3. It is a soft colorless solid with a pungent odor and was known to alchemists as butter of antimony.
Preparation
Antimony trichloride is prepared by reaction of chlorine with an ...
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Antimony trifluoride
Antimony trifluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula SbF3. Sometimes called Swarts' reagent, is one of two principal fluorides of antimony, the other being SbF5. It appears as a white solid. As well as some industrial applications, i ...
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Antimony trioxide –
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Antimony trisulfide
Antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) is found in nature as the crystalline mineral stibnite and the amorphous red mineral (actually a mineraloid) metastibnite. It is manufactured for use in safety matches, military ammunition, explosives and fireworks. It ...
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Antimony pentasulfide
Antimony pentasulfide is an inorganic compound of antimony and sulfur, also known as antimony red. It is a nonstoichiometric compound with a variable composition. Its structure is unknown. Commercial samples are usually contaminated with sulfur, w ...
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Ar
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Argon fluorohydride
Argon fluorohydride (systematically named fluoridohydridoargon) or argon hydrofluoride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula HArF (also written ArHF). It is a compound of the chemical element argon.
Discovery
The discovery of thi ...
– HArF
As
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Arsenic trifluoride –
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Arsenic triiodide
Arsenic triiodide is the inorganic compound with the formula As I3. It is an orange to dark red solid that readily sublimes. It is a pyramidal molecule that is useful for preparing organoarsenic compounds.
Preparation
It is prepared by a reacti ...
–AsI
3
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Arsenic pentafluoride
Arsenic pentafluoride is a chemical compound of arsenic and fluorine. It is a toxic, colorless gas. The oxidation state of arsenic is +5.
Synthesis
Arsenic pentafluoride can be prepared by direct combination of arsenic and fluorine:
:2As + 5F2 â ...
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Arsenic trioxide
Arsenic trioxide, sold under the brand name Trisenox among others, is an inorganic compound and medication. As an industrial chemical, whose major uses include in the manufacture of wood preservatives, pesticides, and glass. As a medication, it ...
(Arsenic(III) oxide) –
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Arsenous acid
Arsenous acid (or arsenious acid) is the inorganic compound with the formula H3AsO3. It is known to occur in aqueous solutions, but it has not been isolated as a pure material, although this fact does not detract from the significance of As(OH)3.
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Arsenic acid
Arsenic acid or trihydrogen arsenate is the chemical compound with the formula . More descriptively written as , this colorless acid is the arsenic analogue of phosphoric acid. Arsenate and phosphate salts behave very similarly. Arsenic acid as ...
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Arsine
Arsine (IUPAC name: arsane) is an inorganic compound with the formula As H3. This flammable, pyrophoric, and highly toxic pnictogen hydride gas is one of the simplest compounds of arsenic. Despite its lethality, it finds some applications in ...
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B
Ba
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Barium azide –
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Barium bromide –
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Barium carbonate
Barium carbonate is the inorganic compound with the formula BaCO3. Like most alkaline earth metal carbonates, it is a white salt that is poorly soluble in water. It occurs as the mineral known as witherite. In a commercial sense, it is one of ...
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Barium chlorate
Barium chlorate, Ba(ClO3)2, is the barium salt of chloric acid. It is a white crystalline solid, and like all soluble barium compounds, irritant and toxic. It is sometimes used in pyrotechnics to produce a green color. It also finds use in the p ...
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Barium chloride
Barium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula Ba Cl2. It is one of the most common water-soluble salts of barium. Like most other water-soluble barium salts, it is white, highly toxic, and imparts a yellow-green coloration to a flame. ...
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Barium chromate
Barium chromate, named barium tetraoxochromate(VI) by the IUPAC, is a yellow sand like powder with the formula BaCrO4. It is a known oxidizing agent and produces a green flame when heated, a result of the barium ions.
History
The first naturally o ...
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Barium ferrate –
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Barium ferrite –
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Barium fluoride
Barium fluoride (BaF2) is an inorganic compound with the formula BaF2. It is a colorless solid that occurs in nature as the rare mineral frankdicksonite. Under standard conditions it adopts the fluorite structure and at high pressure the PbCl2 s ...
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Barium hydroxide
Barium hydroxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula Ba(OH)2. The monohydrate (''x'' = 1), known as baryta or baryta-water, is one of the principal compounds of barium. This white granular monohydrate is the usual commercial form.
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Barium iodide –
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Barium manganate
Barium manganate is an inorganic compound with the formula BaMnO4. It is used as an oxidant in organic chemistry. It belongs to a class of compounds known as manganates in which the manganese resides in a +6 oxidation state. Manganate should not ...
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Barium nitrate
Barium nitrate is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ba( NO3)2. It, like most barium salts, is colorless, toxic, and water-soluble. It burns with a green flame and is an oxidizer; the compound is commonly used in pyrotechnics.
Man ...
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Barium oxalate –
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Barium oxide
Barium oxide, also known as baria, is a white hygroscopic non-flammable compound with the formula BaO. It has a cubic structure and is used in cathode ray tubes, crown glass, and catalysts. It is harmful to human skin and if swallowed in larg ...
– BaO
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Barium permanganate –
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Barium peroxide
Barium peroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Ba O2. This white solid (gray when impure) is one of the most common inorganic peroxides, and it was the first peroxide compound discovered. Being an oxidizer and giving a vivid green c ...
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Barium sulfate –
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Barium sulfide
Barium sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula Ba S. BaS is the barium compound produced on the largest scale. It is an important precursor to other barium compounds including BaCO3 and the pigment lithopone, ZnS/BaSO4. Like other ...
– BaS
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Barium titanate
Barium titanate (BTO) is an inorganic compound with chemical formula BaTiO3. Barium titanate appears white as a powder and is transparent when prepared as large crystals. It is a ferroelectric, pyroelectric, and piezoelectric ceramic material ...
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Barium thiocyanate –
Be
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Beryllium borohydride –
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Beryllium bromide –
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Beryllium carbonate
Beryllium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula .
Structures
There are three forms reported, anhydrous, a tetrahydrate and basic beryllium carbonate. The anhydrous form is reported to be unstable, decomposing to Beryllium oxi ...
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Beryllium chloride
Beryllium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula BeCl2. It is a colourless, hygroscopic solid that dissolves well in many polar solvents. Its properties are similar to those of aluminium chloride, due to beryllium's diagonal relatio ...
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Beryllium fluoride
Beryllium fluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula Be F2. This white solid is the principal precursor for the manufacture of beryllium metal. Its structure resembles that of quartz, but BeF2 is highly soluble in water.
Properties
B ...
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Beryllium hydride
Beryllium hydride (systematically named poly eryllane(2)and beryllium dihydride) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula ()''n'' (also written ()''n'' or ). This alkaline earth hydride is a colourless solid that is insoluble in solv ...
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Beryllium hydroxide
Beryllium hydroxide, Be(OH)2, is an amphoteric hydroxide, dissolving in both acids and alkalis. Industrially, it is produced as a by-product in the extraction of beryllium metal from the ores beryl and bertrandite. The natural pure beryllium hydro ...
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Beryllium iodide –
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Beryllium nitrate
Beryllium nitrate is an inorganic compound with the idealized chemical formula Be(NO3)2. The formula suggests a salt, but, as for many beryllium compounds, the compound is highly covalent. Little of its chemistry is well known. "When added to ...
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Beryllium nitride
Beryllium nitride, Be3N2, is a nitride of beryllium. It can be prepared from the elements at high temperature (1100–1500 °C);Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman (2001) ''Inorganic Chemistry'', Elsevier unlike beryllium azide or BeN6, ...
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Beryllium oxide
Beryllium oxide (BeO), also known as beryllia, is an inorganic compound with the formula BeO. This colourless solid is a notable electrical insulator with a higher thermal conductivity than any other non-metal except diamond, and exceeds that of ...
– BeO
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Beryllium sulfate –
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Beryllium sulfite –
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Beryllium telluride – BeTe
Bi
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Bismuth chloride – BiCl
3
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Bismuth hydroxide
Bismuth hydroxide () is non-fully characterised chemical compound of bismuth. It is produced as white flakes when alkali is added to a solution of a bismuth salt and is usually described as bismuth oxide hydrate or bismuth hydrate.
Uses
Bismuth h ...
–BiH
3O
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Bismuth(III) iodide
Bismuth(III) iodide is the inorganic compound with the formula Bi I3. This gray-black salt is the product of the reaction of bismuth and iodine, which once was of interest in qualitative inorganic analysis.
Bismuth(III) iodide adopts a disti ...
–BiI
3
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Bismuth(III) nitrate–BiN
3O
9
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Bismuth(III) oxide
Bismuth(III) oxide is perhaps the most industrially important compound of bismuth. It is also a common starting point for bismuth chemistry. It is found naturally as the mineral bismite (monoclinic) and sphaerobismoite (tetragonal, much more rare) ...
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Bismuth(III) sulfide
Bismuth(III) sulfide () is a chemical compound of bismuth and sulfur. It occurs in nature as the mineral bismuthinite.
Synthesis
Bismuth(III) sulfide can be prepared by reacting a bismuth(III) Salt (chemistry), salt with hydrogen sulfide:
: 2 Bi3 ...
– Bi
2S
3
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Bismuth(III) telluride –
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Bismuth ferrite –
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Bismuth oxychloride
Bismuth oxychloride is an inorganic compound of bismuth with the formula Bi O Cl. It is a lustrous white solid used since antiquity, notably in ancient Egypt. Light wave interference from its plate-like structure gives a pearly iridescent light ...
– BiOCl
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Bismuth pentafluoride
Bismuth pentafluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula BiF5. It is a white solid that is highly reactive. The compound is of interest to researchers but not of particular value.
Structure
BiF5 is polymeric and consists of linear chain ...
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Bismuth tribromide –
B
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Borane
Trihydridoboron, also known as borane or borine, is an unstable and highly reactive molecule with the chemical formula . The preparation of borane carbonyl, BH3(CO), played an important role in exploring the chemistry of boranes, as it indicated ...
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Borax
Borax is a salt ( ionic compound), a hydrated borate of sodium, with chemical formula often written . It is a colorless crystalline solid, that dissolves in water to make a basic solution. It is commonly available in powder or granular for ...
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Borazine
Borazine, also known as borazole, is a non-polar inorganic compound with the chemical formula B3H6N3. In this cyclic compound, the three BH units and three NH units alternate. The compound is isoelectronic and isostructural with benzene. For thi ...
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Borazocine ((3Z,5Z,7Z)-azaborocine) –
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Boric acid
Boric acid, more specifically orthoboric acid, is a compound of boron, oxygen, and hydrogen with formula . It may also be called hydrogen borate or boracic acid. It is usually encountered as colorless crystals or a white powder, that dissolve ...
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Boron carbide –
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Boron nitride
Boron nitride is a thermally and chemically resistant refractory compound of boron and nitrogen with the chemical formula BN. It exists in various crystalline forms that are isoelectronic to a similarly structured carbon lattice. The hexagonal ...
– BN
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Boron suboxide
Boron suboxide (chemical formula B6O) is a solid compound with a structure built of eight icosahedra at the apexes of the rhombohedral unit cell. Each icosahedron is composed of twelve boron atoms. Two oxygen atoms are located in the interstices al ...
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Boron tribromide
Boron tribromide, BBr3, is a colorless, fuming liquid compound containing boron and bromine. Commercial samples usually are amber to red/brown, due to weak bromine contamination. It is decomposed by water and alcohols.
Chemical properties
Boron ...
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Boron trichloride
Boron trichloride is the inorganic compound with the formula BCl3. This colorless gas is a reagent in organic synthesis. It is highly reactive toward water.
Production and structure
Boron reacts with halogens to give the corresponding trihalides. ...
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Boron trifluoride –
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Boron triiodide –BI
3
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Boron oxide Boron oxide may refer to one of several oxides of boron:
*Boron trioxide
Boron trioxide or diboron trioxide is the oxide of boron with the formula . It is a colorless transparent solid, almost always glassy (amorphous), which can be crystallized ...
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Boroxine
Boroxine () is a 6-membered heterocyclic compound composed of alternating oxygen and singly-hydrogenated boron atoms. Boroxine Derivative (chemistry), derivatives (boronic anhydrides) such as trimethylboroxine and triphenylboroxine also make up a ...
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Decaborane
Decaborane, also called decaborane(14), is the borane with the chemical formula B10 H14. This white crystalline compound is one of the principal boron hydride clusters, both as a reference structure and as a precursor to other boron hydrides. It ...
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Diborane
Diborane(6), generally known as diborane, is the chemical compound with the formula B2H6. It is a toxic, colorless, and pyrophoric gas with a repulsively sweet odor. Diborane is a key boron compound with a variety of applications. It has attracte ...
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Diboron tetrafluoride
Diboron tetrafluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula (BF2)2. A colorless gas, the compound has a halflife of days at room temperature. It is the most stable of the diboron tetrahalides.
Structure and bonding
Diboron tetrafluoride ...
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Pentaborane –
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Tetraborane
Tetraborane (systematically named ''arachno''-tetraborane(10)) was the first boron hydride compound to be classified by Stock and Messenez in 1912 and was first isolated by Alfred Stock. It has a relatively low boiling point at 18 °C and is ...
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Br
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Bromine monochloride
Bromine monochloride, also called bromine(I) chloride, bromochloride, and bromine chloride, is an interhalogen inorganic compound with chemical formula BrCl. It is a very reactive golden yellow gas with boiling point 5 °C and melting point â ...
– BrCl
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Bromine pentafluoride
Bromine pentafluoride, Br F5, is an interhalogen compound and a fluoride of bromine. It is a strong fluorinating agent.
BrF5 finds use in oxygen isotope analysis. Laser ablation of solid silicates in the presence of BrF5 releases O2 for subseq ...
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Perbromic acid
The compound perbromic acid is the inorganic compound with the formula HBrO4. It is an oxoacid of bromine. Perbromic acid is unstable and cannot be formed by displacement of chlorine from perchloric acid, as periodic acid is prepared; it can only ...
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Aluminium Bromide
Aluminium bromide is any chemical compound with the empirical formula AlBrx. Aluminium tribromide is the most common form of aluminium bromide. It is a colorless, sublimable hygroscopic solid; hence old samples tend to be hydrated, mostly as al ...
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Ammonium bromide
Ammonium bromide, NH4Br, is the ammonium salt of hydrobromic acid. The chemical crystallizes in colorless prisms, possessing a saline taste; it sublimes on heating and is easily soluble in water. On exposure to air it gradually assumes a yellow c ...
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Boron tribromide
Boron tribromide, BBr3, is a colorless, fuming liquid compound containing boron and bromine. Commercial samples usually are amber to red/brown, due to weak bromine contamination. It is decomposed by water and alcohols.
Chemical properties
Boron ...
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Bromic acid
Bromic acid, also known as hydrogen bromate, is an oxoacid with the molecular formula HBrO3. It only exists in aqueous solution.''The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals''. 14th Edition. 2006.''Van Nostrand's Scienti ...
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Bromine monoxide
Dibromine monoxide is the chemical compound composed of bromine and oxygen with the formula Br2O. It is a dark brown solid which is stable below −40 °C and is used in bromination reactions. It is similar to dichlorine monoxide, the mon ...
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Bromine pentafluoride
Bromine pentafluoride, Br F5, is an interhalogen compound and a fluoride of bromine. It is a strong fluorinating agent.
BrF5 finds use in oxygen isotope analysis. Laser ablation of solid silicates in the presence of BrF5 releases O2 for subseq ...
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Bromine trifluoride
Bromine trifluoride is an interhalogen compound with the formula BrF3. At room temperature, it is a straw-coloured liquid with a pungent odor which decomposes violently on contact with water and organic compounds. It is a powerful fluorinating a ...
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Bromine monofluoride
Bromine monofluoride is a quite unstable interhalogen compound with the chemical formula BrF. It can be produced through the reaction of bromine trifluoride (or bromine pentafluoride) and bromine. Due to its lability, the compound can be detect ...
– BrF
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Calcium bromide –
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Carbon tetrabromide
Tetrabromomethane, CBr4, also known as carbon tetrabromide, is a carbon bromide. Both names are acceptable under IUPAC nomenclature.
Physical properties
Tetrabromomethane has two polymorphs: crystalline II or β below 46.9 °C (320.0  ...
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Copper(I) bromide
Copper(I) bromide is the chemical compound with the formula CuBr. This diamagnetic solid adopts a polymeric structure akin to that for zinc sulfide. The compound is widely used in the synthesis of organic compounds and as a lasing medium in ...
– CuBr
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Copper(II) bromide
Copper(II) bromide (Copper, CuBromine, Br2) is a chemical compound. It is used in photographic processing as an intensifier and as a Halogenation, brominating agent in organic synthesis.
It is also used in the copper vapor laser, a class of laser ...
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Hydrobromic acid
Hydrobromic acid is a strong acid formed by dissolving the diatomic molecule hydrogen bromide (HBr) in water. "Constant boiling" hydrobromic acid is an aqueous solution that distills at and contains 47.6% HBr by mass, which is 8.77 mol/L. ...
– HBr(aq)
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Hydrogen bromide
Hydrogen bromide is the inorganic compound with the formula . It is a hydrogen halide consisting of hydrogen and bromine. A colorless gas, it dissolves in water, forming hydrobromic acid, which is saturated at 68.85% HBr by weight at room tempe ...
– HBr
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Hypobromous acid
Hypobromous acid is a weak, unstable acid with chemical formula of HOBr. It is mainly produced and handled in an aqueous solution. It is generated both biologically and commercially as a disinfectant. Salts of hypobromite are rarely isolated a ...
– HOBr
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Iodine monobromide – IBr
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Iron(II) bromide
Iron(II) bromide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula FeBr2. The anhydrous compound is a yellow or brownish-colored paramagnetic solid. Several hydrates of FeBr2 are also known, all being pale colored solids. It is a common precur ...
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Iron(III) bromide
Iron(III) bromide is the chemical compound with the formula FeBr3. Also known as ferric bromide, this red-brown odorless compound is used as a Lewis acid catalyst in the halogenation of aromatic compounds. It dissolves in water to give acidic ...
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Lead(II) bromide –
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Lithium bromide
Lithium bromide (LiBr) is a chemical compound of lithium and bromine. Its extreme hygroscopic character makes LiBr useful as a desiccant in certain air conditioning systems.Wietelmann, Ulrich and Bauer, Richard J. (2005) "Lithium and Lithium Compo ...
– LiBr
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Magnesium bromide –
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Mercury(I) bromide –
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Mercury(II) bromide
Mercury(II) bromide or mercuric bromide is an inorganic compound with the formula HgBr2. This white solid is a laboratory reagent. Like all mercury salts, it is highly toxic.
Preparation
Mercury(II) bromide can be produced by reaction of metalli ...
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Nitrosyl bromide – NOBr
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Phosphorus pentabromide –
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Phosphorus tribromide
Phosphorus tribromide is a colourless liquid with the formula P Br3. The liquid fumes in moist air due to hydrolysis and has a penetrating odour. It is used in the laboratory for the conversion of alcohols to alkyl bromides.
Preparation
PBr3 ...
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Phosphorus heptabromide – PBr
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Potassium bromide – KBr
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Potassium bromate
Potassium bromate (KBrO3), is a bromate of potassium and takes the form of white crystals or powder. It is a strong oxidizing agent.
It is a toxic and carcinogenic compound.
Preparation
Potassium bromate is produced when bromine is passed throug ...
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Potassium perbromate –
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Tribromosilane –
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Silicon tetrabromide –
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Silver bromide
Silver bromide (AgBr) is a soft, pale-yellow, water-insoluble salt well known (along with other silver halides) for its unusual sensitivity to light. This property has allowed silver halides to become the basis of modern photographic materials. A ...
– AgBr
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Sodium bromide
Sodium bromide is an inorganic compound with the formula Na Br. It is a high-melting white, crystalline solid that resembles sodium chloride. It is a widely used source of the bromide ion and has many applications.Michael J. Dagani, Henry J. Ba ...
– NaBr
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Sodium bromate
Sodium bromate, the inorganic compound with the chemical formula of NaBrO3, is the sodium salt of bromic acid. It is a strong oxidant.
Uses
Sodium bromate is mainly used in continuous or batch dyeing processes involving sulfur or vat dyes and as ...
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Sodium perbromate –
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Thionyl bromide –
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Tin(II) bromide
Tin(II) bromide is a chemical compound of tin and bromine with a chemical formula of SnBr2. Tin is in the +2 oxidation state. The stability of tin compounds in this oxidation state is attributed to the inert pair effect.
Structure and bonding
I ...
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Zinc bromide
Zinc bromide ( Zn Br2) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Zn Br2. It is a colourless salt that shares many properties with zinc chloride (ZnCl2), namely a high solubility in water forming acidic solutions, and good solubility in o ...
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C
Cd
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Cadmium arsenide
Cadmium arsenide (cadmium, Cd3arsenic, As2) is an inorganic semimetal in the List of semiconductor materials#Types of semiconductor materials, II-V family. It exhibits the Nernst effect.
Properties
Thermal
Cd3As2 dissociates between 220 and ...
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Cadmium bromide –
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Cadmium chloride –
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Cadmium fluoride –
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Cadmium iodide
Cadmium iodide is the inorganic compound with the formula CdI2. It is a white hygroscopic solid. It also can be obtained as a mono- and tetrahydrate. It has few applications. It is notable for its crystal structure, which is typical for compoun ...
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Cadmium nitrate
Cadmium nitrate describes any of the related members of a family of inorganic compounds with the general formula Cd(NO3)2.\mathitH2O, the most commonly encountered form being the tetrahydrate. The anhydrous form is volatile, but the others are ...
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Cadmium oxide
Cadmium oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula CdO. It is one of the main precursors to other cadmium compounds. It crystallizes in a cubic rocksalt lattice like sodium chloride, with octahedral cation and anion centers. It occurs natura ...
– CdO
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Cadmium phosphide
Cadmium phosphide ( Cd3 P2) is an inorganic chemical compound. It is a grey or white bluish solid semiconductor material with a bandgap of 0.5 eV. It has applications as a pesticide, material for laser diodes and for high-power-high-frequency ele ...
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Cadmium selenide
Cadmium selenide is an inorganic compound with the formula Cd Se. It is a black to red-black solid that is classified as a II-VI semiconductor of the n-type. Much of the current research on this compound is focused on its nanoparticles.
Stru ...
– CdSe
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Cadmium sulfate
Cadmium sulfate is the name of a series of related inorganic compounds with the formula CdSO4·H2O. The most common form is the monohydrate CdSO4·H2O, but two other forms are known CdSO4·H2O and the anhydrous salt (CdSO4). All salts are colourl ...
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Cadmium sulfide
Cadmium sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula CdS. Cadmium sulfide is a yellow solid.Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman (2001''Inorganic Chemistry'' Elsevier It occurs in nature with two different crystal structures as the rare mi ...
– CdS
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Cadmium telluride
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a stable crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium. It is mainly used as the semiconducting material in cadmium telluride photovoltaics and an infrared optical window. It is usually sandwiched with ca ...
– CdTe
Cs
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Caesium bicarbonate –
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Caesium carbonate
Caesium carbonate or cesium carbonate is a white crystalline solid compound. Caesium carbonate has a high solubility in polar solvents such as water, alcohol and DMF. Its solubility is higher in organic solvents compared to other carbonates l ...
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Caesium chloride – CsCl
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Caesium chromate –
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Caesium fluoride – CsF
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Caesium hydride
Caesium hydride or cesium hydride (CsH) is a compound of caesium and hydrogen. It is an alkali metal hydride.
It was the first substance to be created by light-induced particle formation in metal vapor, and showed promise in early studies of an i ...
– CsH
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Caesium hydrogen sulfate –
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Caesium iodide
Caesium iodide or cesium iodide (chemical formula CsI) is the ionic compound of caesium and iodine. It is often used as the input phosphor of an X-ray image intensifier tube found in fluoroscopy equipment. Caesium iodide photocathodes are highly ...
– CsI
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Caesium sulfate
Caesium sulfate or cesium sulfate is the inorganic compound and salt with the formula Cs2SO4. It is a white water-soluble solid that is used to prepare dense aqueous solutions for use in isopycnic (or "density-gradient") centrifugation. It is is ...
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Cf
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Californium(III) bromide –
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Californium(III) carbonate –
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Californium(III) chloride
Californium(III) chloride is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula CfCl3. Like in californium oxide (Cf2O3) and other californium halides, including californium fluoride (CfF3) and iodide (CfI3), the californium atom has an oxidation stat ...
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Californium(III) fluoride
Californium(III) fluoride is a binary inorganic compound of californium and fluorine with the formula
Physical properties
Californium(III) fluoride is a yellow-green solid and has two crystalline structures that are temperature dependent. At low ...
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Californium(III) iodide
Californium(III) iodide is a binary inorganic compound of californium and iodine with the formula .
Synthesis
Californium triiodide can be prepared in microgram quantities under high vacuum. It can be prepared at 500 °C from californium(III) hydr ...
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Californium(II) iodide
Californium(II) iodide is a binary inorganic compound of californium and iodine with the formula .
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It can be produced by reducing californium triiodide with hydrogen in a quartz thin tube at 570 °C:
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Physical properties
The c ...
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Californium(III) nitrate –
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Californium(III) oxide –
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Californium(III) phosphate –
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Californium(III) sulfate –
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Californium(III) sulfide –
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Californium oxyfluoride – CfOF
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Californium oxychloride – CfOCl
Ca
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Calcium bromide –
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Calcium carbide
Calcium carbide, also known as calcium acetylide, is a chemical compound with the chemical formula of Ca C2. Its main use industrially is in the production of acetylene and calcium cyanamide.
The pure material is colorless, while pieces of te ...
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Calcium carbonate (Precipitated Chalk) –
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Calcium chlorate –
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Calcium chloride
Calcium chloride is an inorganic compound, a salt with the chemical formula . It is a white crystalline solid at room temperature, and it is highly soluble in water. It can be created by neutralising hydrochloric acid with calcium hydroxide.
Ca ...
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Calcium chromate –
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Calcium cyanamide
Calcium cyanamide is the inorganic compound with the formula CaCN2. It is the calcium salt of the cyanamide () anion. This chemical is used as fertilizer and is commercially known as nitrolime. It was first synthesized in 1898 by Adolph Frank and ...
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Calcium fluoride
Calcium fluoride is the inorganic compound of the elements calcium and fluorine with the formula CaF2. It is a white insoluble solid. It occurs as the mineral fluorite (also called fluorspar), which is often deeply coloured owing to impurities.
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Calcium hydride
Calcium hydride is the chemical compound with the formula , and is therefore an alkaline earth hydride. This grey powder (white if pure, which is rare) reacts vigorously with water liberating hydrogen gas. is thus used as a drying agent, i.e. a d ...
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Calcium hydroxide –
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Calcium monosilicide – CaSi
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Calcium oxalate –
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Calcium oxychloride –
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Calcium perchlorate
Calcium perchlorate is classified as a metal perchlorate salt with the molecular formula . It is an inorganic compound that is a yellow-white crystalline solid in appearance. As a strong oxidizing agent, it reacts with reducing agents when heat ...
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Calcium permanganate
Calcium permanganate is an oxidizing agent and chemical compound with the chemical formula Ca(MnO4)2. This salt consists of the metal calcium and two permanganate ions.
Preparation
The salt is prepared from the reaction of potassium permanganat ...
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Calcium sulfate
Calcium sulfate (or calcium sulphate) is the inorganic compound with the formula CaSO4 and related hydrates. In the form of γ-anhydrite (the anhydrous form), it is used as a desiccant. One particular hydrate is better known as plaster of Paris ...
(
gypsum
Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula . It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard or sidewalk chalk, and drywal ...
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C
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide ( chemical formula ) is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is trans ...
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Carbon disulfide
Carbon disulfide (also spelled as carbon disulphide) is a neurotoxic, colorless, volatile liquid with the formula and structure . The compound is used frequently as a building block in organic chemistry as well as an industrial and chemical n ...
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Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a colorless, poisonous, odorless, tasteless, flammable gas that is slightly less dense than air. Carbon monoxide consists of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom connected by a triple bond. It is the simple ...
– CO
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Carbon tetrabromide
Tetrabromomethane, CBr4, also known as carbon tetrabromide, is a carbon bromide. Both names are acceptable under IUPAC nomenclature.
Physical properties
Tetrabromomethane has two polymorphs: crystalline II or β below 46.9 °C (320.0  ...
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Carbon tetrachloride –
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Carbon tetrafluoride
Tetrafluoromethane, also known as carbon tetrafluoride or R-14, is the simplest perfluorocarbon ( C F4). As its IUPAC name indicates, tetrafluoromethane is the perfluorinated counterpart to the hydrocarbon methane. It can also be classified as a ...
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Carbon tetraiodide
Carbon tetraiodide is a tetrahalomethane with the molecular formula CI4. Being bright red, it is a relatively rare example of a highly colored methane derivative. It is only 2.3% by weight carbon, although other methane derivatives are known with s ...
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Carbonic acid –
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Carbonyl chloride –
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Carbonyl fluoride
Carbonyl fluoride is a chemical compound with the formula COF2. It is a carbon oxohalide. This gas, like its analog phosgene, is colourless and highly toxic. The molecule is planar with ''C''2v symmetry, bond lengths of 1.174 Ã… (C=O) and 1.312 ...
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Carbonyl sulfide
Carbonyl sulfide is the chemical compound with the linear formula OCS. It is a colorless flammable gas with an unpleasant odor. It is a linear molecule consisting of a carbonyl group double bonded to a sulfur atom. Carbonyl sulfide can be consi ...
– COS
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Carboplatin
Carboplatin, sold under the trade name Paraplatin among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of forms of cancer. This includes ovarian cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, brain cancer, and neuroblastoma. It is used b ...
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Ce
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Cerium(III) bromide –
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Cerium(III) carbonate –
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Cerium(III) chloride –
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Cerium(III) fluoride –
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Cerium(III) hydroxide
Cerium(III) hydroxide is a hydroxide of the rare-earth metal cerium
Cerium is a chemical element with the symbol Ce and atomic number 58. Cerium is a soft, ductile, and silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air. Cerium is the se ...
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Cerium(III) iodide –
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Cerium(III) nitrate –
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Cerium(III) oxide
Cerium(III) oxide, also known as cerium oxide, cerium trioxide, cerium sesquioxide, cerous oxide or dicerium trioxide, is an oxide of the rare-earth metal cerium. It has chemical formula and is gold-yellow in color.
Applications Engine and exha ...
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Cerium(III) sulfate –
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Cerium(III) sulfide –
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Cerium(IV) hydroxide –
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Cerium(IV) nitrate –
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Cerium(IV) oxide
Cerium(IV) oxide, also known as ceric oxide, ceric dioxide, ceria, cerium oxide or cerium dioxide, is an oxide of the rare-earth metal cerium. It is a pale yellow-white powder with the chemical formula CeO2. It is an important commercial produc ...
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Cerium(IV) sulfate
Cerium(IV) sulfate, also called ceric sulfate, is an inorganic compound. It exists as the anhydrous salt Ce( SO4)2 as well as a few hydrated forms: Ce(SO4)2(H2O)x, with x equal to 4, 8, or 12. These salts are yellow to yellow/orange solids th ...
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Cerium(III,IV) oxide –
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Ceric ammonium nitrate
Ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) is the inorganic compound with the formula . This orange-red, water-soluble cerium salt is a specialised oxidizing agent in organic synthesis and a standard oxidant in quantitative analysis.
Preparation, properties, ...
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Cerium hexaboride –
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Cerium aluminium – CeAl
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Cerium cadmium – CeCd
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Cerium magnesium – CeMg
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Cerium mercury – CeHg
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Cerium silver – CeAg
*
Cerium thallium – CeTl
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Cerium zinc – CeZn
Cl
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Actinium(III) chloride –
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Aluminium chloride
Aluminium chloride, also known as aluminium trichloride, is an inorganic compound with the formula . It forms hexahydrate with the formula , containing six water molecules of hydration. Both are colourless crystals, but samples are often contam ...
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Americium(III) chloride
Americium(III) chloride or americium trichloride is the chemical compound composed of americium and chlorine with the formula AmCl3. This salt forms pink hexagonal crystals.
In the solid state each americium atom has nine chlorine atoms as near ne ...
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Ammonium chloride –
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Antimony(III) chloride
Antimony trichloride is the chemical compound with the formula SbCl3. It is a soft colorless solid with a pungent odor and was known to alchemists as butter of antimony.
Preparation
Antimony trichloride is prepared by reaction of chlorine with an ...
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Antimony(V) chloride
Antimony pentachloride is a chemical compound with the formula SbCl5. It is a colourless oil, but typical samples are yellowish due to dissolved chlorine. Owing to its tendency to hydrolyse to hydrochloric acid, SbCl5 is a highly corrosive substa ...
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Arsenic(III) chloride –
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Barium chloride
Barium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula Ba Cl2. It is one of the most common water-soluble salts of barium. Like most other water-soluble barium salts, it is white, highly toxic, and imparts a yellow-green coloration to a flame. ...
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Beryllium chloride
Beryllium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula BeCl2. It is a colourless, hygroscopic solid that dissolves well in many polar solvents. Its properties are similar to those of aluminium chloride, due to beryllium's diagonal relatio ...
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Bismuth(III) chloride
Bismuth chloride (or butter of bismuth) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula BiCl3. It is a covalent compound and is the common source of the Bi3+ ion. In the gas phase and in the crystal, the species adopts a pyramidal structure, i ...
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Boron trichloride
Boron trichloride is the inorganic compound with the formula BCl3. This colorless gas is a reagent in organic synthesis. It is highly reactive toward water.
Production and structure
Boron reacts with halogens to give the corresponding trihalides. ...
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Bromine monochloride
Bromine monochloride, also called bromine(I) chloride, bromochloride, and bromine chloride, is an interhalogen inorganic compound with chemical formula BrCl. It is a very reactive golden yellow gas with boiling point 5 °C and melting point â ...
– BrCl
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Cadmium chloride –
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Caesium chloride – CsCl
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Calcium chloride
Calcium chloride is an inorganic compound, a salt with the chemical formula . It is a white crystalline solid at room temperature, and it is highly soluble in water. It can be created by neutralising hydrochloric acid with calcium hydroxide.
Ca ...
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Calcium hypochlorite –
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Carbon tetrachloride –
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Cerium(III) chloride –
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Chloramine
Chloramines refer to derivatives of ammonia and organic amines wherein one or more N-H bonds have been replaced by N-Cl bonds. Two classes of compounds are considered: inorganic chloramines and organic chloramines.
Inorganic chloramines
Inorgan ...
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Chloric acid
Chloric acid, H Cl O3, is an oxoacid of chlorine, and the formal precursor of chlorate salts. It is a strong acid ( p''K''a ≈ −2.7 (''***note: pKa not in agreement with properties in chem box at right'')) and oxidizing agent.
Properties
Chlo ...
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Chlorine azide –
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Chlorine dioxide
Chlorine dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula ClO2 that exists as yellowish-green gas above 11 °C, a reddish-brown liquid between 11 °C and −59 °C, and as bright orange crystals below −59 °C. It is usually ...
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Chlorine dioxide
Chlorine dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula ClO2 that exists as yellowish-green gas above 11 °C, a reddish-brown liquid between 11 °C and −59 °C, and as bright orange crystals below −59 °C. It is usually ...
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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 −100 °C, ClF condenses as a pale yellow liquid. M ...
– ClF
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Chlorine monoxide – ClO
*
Chlorine pentafluoride
Chlorine pentafluoride is an interhalogen compound with formula ClF5. This colourless gas is a strong oxidant that was once a candidate oxidizer for rockets. The molecule adopts a square pyramidal structure with C4v symmetry, as confirmed by ...
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Chlorine perchlorate –
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Chlorine tetroxide
Chlorine tetroxide is an unstable chlorine oxide with the chemical formula .
History
Gomberg's mistaken 1923 production
In 1923, the famous radical chemist Moses Gomberg proposed a production method of chlorine tetroxide. He claimed that treatin ...
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Chlorine trifluoride
Chlorine trifluoride is an interhalogen compound with the formula ClF3. This colorless, poisonous, corrosive, and extremely reactive gas condenses to a pale-greenish yellow liquid, the form in which it is most often sold (pressurized at room temp ...
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Chlorine trifluoride
Chlorine trifluoride is an interhalogen compound with the formula ClF3. This colorless, poisonous, corrosive, and extremely reactive gas condenses to a pale-greenish yellow liquid, the form in which it is most often sold (pressurized at room temp ...
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Chlorine trioxide
Dichlorine hexoxide is the chemical compound with the molecular formula , which is correct for its gaseous state. However, in liquid or solid form, this chlorine oxide ionizes into the dark red ionic compound chloryl perchlorate , which may be th ...
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Chlorine trioxide
Dichlorine hexoxide is the chemical compound with the molecular formula , which is correct for its gaseous state. However, in liquid or solid form, this chlorine oxide ionizes into the dark red ionic compound chloryl perchlorate , which may be th ...
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Chloroplatinic acid –
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Chlorosulfonic acid –
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Chlorosulfonyl isocyanate
Chlorosulfonyl isocyanate is the chemical compound ClSO2NCO, known as CSI. This compound is a versatile reagent in organic synthesis.
Preparation, structure, handling
CSI is prepared by treating cyanogen chloride with sulfur trioxide, the prod ...
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Chloryl fluoride
Chloryl fluoride is the chemical compound with the formula ClO2F. It is commonly encountered as side-product in reactions of chlorine fluorides with oxygen sources. It is the acyl fluoride of chloric acid.
Preparation
ClO2F was first reported by ...
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Chromium(II) chloride
Chromium(II) chloride describes inorganic compounds with the chemical formula, formula Chromium, CrChlorine, Cl2(H2O)n. The anhydrous solid is white when pure, however commercial samples are often grey or green; it is hygroscopic and readily disso ...
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Chromium(III) chloride
Chromium(III) chloride (also called chromic chloride) describes any of several chemical compounds with the formula CrCl3, where can be 0, 5, and 6. The anhydrous compound with the formula CrCl3 is a violet solid. The most common form of the tric ...
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Chromyl chloride
Chromyl chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula CrO2Cl2. It is a reddish brown compound that is a volatile liquid at room temperature, which is unusual for transition metal complexes.
Preparation
Chromyl chloride can be prepared by th ...
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Cisplatin
Cisplatin is a chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of cancers. These include testicular cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, esophageal cancer, lung cancer, mesothelioma, ...
(cis–platinum(II) chloride diamine) –
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Cobalt(II) chloride
Cobalt(II) chloride is an inorganic compound of cobalt and chlorine, with the formula . The compound forms several hydrates ·''n'', for ''n'' = 1, 2, 6, and 9. Claims of the formation of tri- and tetrahydrates have not been confirmed.M. T. Saug ...
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Copper(I) chloride
Copper(I) chloride, commonly called cuprous chloride, is the lower chloride of copper, with the formula CuCl. The substance is a white solid sparingly soluble in water, but very soluble in concentrated hydrochloric acid. Impure samples appear gre ...
– CuCl
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Copper(II) chloride
Copper(II) chloride is the chemical compound with the chemical formula CuCl2. The anhydrous form is yellowish brown but slowly absorbs moisture to form a blue-green dihydrate.
Both the anhydrous and the dihydrate forms occur naturally as the ver ...
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Curium(III) chloride –
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Cyanogen chloride
Cyanogen chloride is a highly toxic chemical compound with the formula CNCl. This linear, triatomic pseudohalogen is an easily condensed colorless gas. More commonly encountered in the laboratory is the related compound cyanogen bromide, a room-te ...
– ClCN
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Dichlorine dioxide –
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Dichlorine heptaoxide –
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Dichlorine heptoxide
Dichlorine heptoxide is the chemical compound with the formula Cl2O7. This chlorine oxide is the anhydride of perchloric acid. It is produced by the careful distillation of perchloric acid in the presence of the dehydrating agent phosphorus pentox ...
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Dichlorine hexoxide –
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Dichlorine monoxide
Dichlorine monoxide is an inorganic compound with the molecular formula Cl2O. It was first synthesised in 1834 by Antoine Jérôme Balard, who along with Gay-Lussac also determined its composition. In older literature it is often referred to as c ...
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Dichlorine monoxide
Dichlorine monoxide is an inorganic compound with the molecular formula Cl2O. It was first synthesised in 1834 by Antoine Jérôme Balard, who along with Gay-Lussac also determined its composition. In older literature it is often referred to as c ...
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Dichlorine tetroxide (chlorine perchlorate) –
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Dichlorine trioxide –
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Dichlorosilane –
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Disulfur dichloride –
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Dysprosium(III) chloride –
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Erbium(III) chloride –
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Europium(II) chloride
Europium(II) chloride is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula EuCl2. When it is irradiated by ultraviolet light, it has bright blue fluorescence.
Preparation
Europium dichloride can be produced by reducing europium trichloride with hydro ...
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Europium(III) chloride
Europium(III) chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula EuCl3. The anhydrous compound is a yellow solid. Being hygroscopic it rapidly absorbs water to form a white crystalline water of crystallization, hexahydrate, EuCl3·6H2O, which is ...
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Gadolinium(III) chloride –
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Gallium trichloride –
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Germanium dichloride –
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Germanium tetrachloride
Germanium tetrachloride is a colourless, fuming liquid with a peculiar, acidic odour. It is used as an intermediate in the production of purified germanium metal. In recent years, GeCl4 usage has increased substantially due to its use as a reagent ...
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Gold(I) chloride
Gold(I) chloride is a compound of gold and chlorine with the chemical formula AuCl.
Preparation
Gold(I) chloride is prepared by thermal decomposition of gold(III) chloride
Gold(III) chloride, traditionally called auric chloride, is a compou ...
– AuCl
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Gold(III) chloride
Gold(III) chloride, traditionally called auric chloride, is a compound of gold and chlorine with the molecular formula . The "III" in the name indicates that the gold has an oxidation state of +3, typical for many gold compounds. Gold(III) c ...
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Hafnium(IV) chloride –
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Holmium(III) chloride –
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Hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid, also known as muriatic acid, is an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride. It is a colorless solution with a distinctive pungent smell. It is classified as a strong acid
Acid strength is the tendency of an acid, symbol ...
– HCl(aq)
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Hydrogen chloride
The compound hydrogen chloride has the chemical formula and as such is a hydrogen halide. At room temperature, it is a colourless gas, which forms white fumes of hydrochloric acid upon contact with atmospheric water vapor. Hydrogen chloride ga ...
– HCl
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Hypochlorous acid
Hypochlorous acid (HClO, HOCl, or ClHO) is a weak acid that forms when chlorine dissolves in water, and itself partially dissociates, forming hypochlorite, ClO−. HClO and ClO− are oxidizers, and the primary disinfection agents of chlorine sol ...
– HOCl
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Indium(I) chloride – InCl
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Indium(III) chloride
Indium(III) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula In Cl3. This salt is a white, flaky solid with applications in organic synthesis as a Lewis acid. It is also the most available soluble derivative of indium.
Synthesis and structur ...
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Iodine monochloride
Iodine monochloride is an interhalogen compound with the formula . It is a red-brown chemical compound that melts near room temperature. Because of the difference in the electronegativity of iodine and chlorine, this molecule is highly polar an ...
– ICl
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Iridium(III) chloride –
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Iron(II) chloride
Iron(II) chloride, also known as ferrous chloride, is the chemical compound of formula FeCl2. It is a paramagnetic solid with a high melting point. The compound is white, but typical samples are often off-white. FeCl2 crystallizes from water as ...
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Iron(III) chloride –
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Lanthanum chloride –
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Lead(II) chloride
Lead(II) chloride (PbCl2) is an inorganic compound which is a white solid under ambient conditions. It is poorly soluble in water. Lead(II) chloride is one of the most important lead-based reagents. It also occurs naturally in the form of the mi ...
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Lithium chloride
Lithium chloride is a chemical compound with the formula Li Cl. The salt is a typical ionic compound (with certain covalent characteristics), although the small size of the Li+ ion gives rise to properties not seen for other alkali metal chlorid ...
– LiCl
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Lithium perchlorate
Lithium perchlorate is the inorganic compound with the formula LiClO4. This white or colourless crystalline salt is noteworthy for its high solubility in many solvents. It exists both in anhydrous form and as a trihydrate.
Applications Inorga ...
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Lutetium chloride –
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Magnesium chloride
Magnesium chloride is the family of inorganic compounds with the formula , where x can range from 0 to 12. These salts are colorless or white solids that are highly soluble in water. These compounds and their solutions, both of which occur in natu ...
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Magnesium perchlorate –
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Manganese(II) chloride
Manganese(II) chloride is the dichloride salt of manganese, MnCl2. This inorganic chemical exists in the anhydrous form, as well as the di hydrate (MnCl2·2H2O) and tetrahydrate (MnCl2·4H2O), with the tetrahydrate being the most common form. Li ...
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Mercury(I) chloride
Mercury(I) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula Hg2Cl2. Also known as the mineral calomel (a rare mineral) or mercurous chloride, this dense white or yellowish-white, odorless solid is the principal example of a mercury(I) compound ...
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Mercury(II) chloride
Mercury(II) chloride (or mercury bichloride, mercury dichloride), historically also known as sulema or corrosive sublimate, is the inorganic chemical compound of mercury and chlorine with the formula HgCl2. It is white crystalline solid and is ...
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Mercury(II) perchlorate –
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Molybdenum(III) chloride –
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Molybdenum(V) chloride
Molybdenum(V) chloride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula . This dark volatile solid is used in research to prepare other molybdenum compounds. It is moisture-sensitive and soluble in chlorinated solvents.
Structure
Usually call ...
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Neodymium(III) chloride –
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Neptunium(IV) chloride –
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Nickel(II) chloride
Nickel(II) chloride (or just nickel chloride) is the chemical compound NiCl2. The anhydrous salt is yellow, but the more familiar hydrate NiCl2·6H2O is green. Nickel(II) chloride, in various forms, is the most important source of nickel for che ...
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Niobium oxide trichloride –
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Niobium(IV) chloride –
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Niobium(V) chloride –
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Nitrogen trichloride –
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Nitrosyl chloride
Nitrosyl chloride is the chemical compound with the formula NOCl. It is a yellow gas that is commonly encountered as a component of aqua regia, a mixture of 3 parts concentrated hydrochloric acid and 1 part of concentrated nitric acid. It is a st ...
– NOCl
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Nitryl chloride –
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Osmium(III) chloride –
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Palladium(II) chloride
Palladium(II) chloride, also known as palladium dichloride and palladous chloride, are the chemical compounds with the formula PdCl2. PdCl2 is a common starting material in palladium chemistry – palladium-based catalysts are of particular value ...
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Perchloric acid
Perchloric acid is a mineral acid with the formula H Cl O4. Usually found as an aqueous solution, this colorless compound is a stronger acid than sulfuric acid, nitric acid and hydrochloric acid. It is a powerful oxidizer when hot, but aqueous s ...
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Perchloryl fluoride
Perchloryl fluoride is a reactive gas with the chemical formula . It has a characteristic sweet odor that resembles gasoline and kerosene. It is toxic and is a powerful oxidizing and fluorinating agent. It is the acid fluoride of perchloric acid. ...
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Phosgene –
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Phosphonitrilic chloride trimer –
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Phosphorus oxychloride
Phosphoryl chloride (commonly called phosphorus oxychloride) is a colourless liquid with the formula . It hydrolyses in moist air releasing phosphoric acid and fumes of hydrogen chloride. It is manufactured industrially on a large scale from pho ...
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Phosphorus pentachloride
Phosphorus pentachloride is the chemical compound with the formula PCl5. It is one of the most important phosphorus chlorides, others being PCl3 and POCl3. PCl5 finds use as a chlorinating reagent. It is a colourless, water-sensitive and moist ...
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Phosphorus trichloride
Phosphorus trichloride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula PCl3. A colorless liquid when pure, it is an important industrial chemical, being used for the manufacture of phosphites and other organophosphorus compounds. It is toxi ...
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Platinum(II) chloride
Platinum(II) chloride is the chemical compound Pt Cl2. It is an important precursor used in the preparation of other platinum compounds. It exists in two crystalline forms, but the main properties are somewhat similar: dark brown, insoluble in wa ...
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Platinum(IV) chloride
Platinum(IV) chloride is the inorganic compound of platinum and chlorine with the empirical formula PtCl4. This brown solid features platinum in the 4+ oxidation state.
Structure
Typical of Pt(IV), the metal centers adopt an octahedral coordinati ...
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Plutonium(III) chloride
Plutonium(III) chloride is a chemical compound with the formula PuCl3. This ionic plutonium salt can be prepared by reacting the metal with hydrochloric acid.
Structure
Plutonium atoms in crystalline PuCl3 are 9 coordinate, and the structure is ...
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Potassium chlorate –
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Potassium chloride – KCl
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Potassium perchlorate –
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Praseodymium(III) chloride –
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Protactinium(V) chloride –
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Radium chloride
Radium chloride (RaCl2) is a salt of radium and chlorine, and the first radium compound isolated in a pure state. Marie Curie and André-Louis Debierne used it in their original separation of radium from barium. The first preparation of radium me ...
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Rhenium(III) chloride –
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Rhenium(V) chloride –
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Rhodium(III) chloride
Rhodium(III) chloride refers to inorganic compounds with the formula RhCl3(H2O)''n'', where ''n'' varies from 0 to 3. These are diamagnetic solids featuring octahedral Rh(III) centres. Depending on the value of ''n'', the material is either a den ...
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Rubidium chloride
Rubidium chloride is the chemical compound with the formula RbCl. This alkali metal halide salt is composed of rubidium and chlorine, and finds diverse uses ranging from electrochemistry to molecular biology.
Structure
In its gas phase, RbCl is d ...
– RbCl
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Ruthenium(III) chloride –
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Samarium(III) chloride
Samarium(III) chloride, also known as samarium trichloride, is an inorganic compound of samarium and chloride. It is a pale yellow salt that rapidly absorbs water to form a hexahydrate, SmCl3.6H2O. The compound has few practical applications but i ...
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Scandium chloride
Scandium(III) chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula ScCl3. It is a white, high-melting ionic compound, which is deliquescent and highly water-soluble. This salt is mainly of interest in the research laboratory. Both the anhydrous f ...
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Selenium dichloride –
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Selenium tetrachloride
Selenium tetrachloride is the inorganic compound composed with the formula SeCl4. This compound exists as yellow to white volatile solid. It is one of two commonly available selenium chlorides, the other example being selenium monochloride, S ...
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Silicon tetrachloride
Silicon tetrachloride or tetrachlorosilane is the inorganic compound with the formula SiCl4. It is a colourless volatile liquid that fumes in air. It is used to produce high purity silicon and silica for commercial applications.
Preparation
Silic ...
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Silver chloride
Silver chloride is a chemical compound with the chemical formula Ag Cl. This white crystalline solid is well known for its low solubility in water (this behavior being reminiscent of the chlorides of Tl+ and Pb2+). Upon illumination or heating, ...
– AgCl
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Silver perchlorate
Silver perchlorate is the chemical compound with the formula AgClO4. This white solid forms a monohydrate and is mildly deliquescent. It is a useful source of the Ag+ ion, although the presence of perchlorate presents risks. It is used as a cata ...
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Sodium chlorate
Sodium chlorate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Na ClO3. It is a white crystalline powder that is readily soluble in water. It is hygroscopic. It decomposes above 300 °C to release oxygen and leaves sodium chloride. Sever ...
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Sodium chloride (table salt, rock salt) – NaCl
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Sodium chlorite
Sodium chlorite (NaClO2) is a chemical compound used in the manufacturing of paper and as a disinfectant.
Use
The main application of sodium chlorite is the generation of chlorine dioxide for bleaching and stripping of textiles, pulp, and pa ...
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Sodium hypochlorite
Sodium hypochlorite (commonly known in a dilute solution as bleach) is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula NaOCl (or NaClO), comprising a sodium cation () and a hypochlorite anion (or ). It may also be viewed as the sodium s ...
– NaOCl
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Sodium perchlorate
Sodium perchlorate is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula Na ClO4. It is a white crystalline, hygroscopic solid that is highly soluble in water and in alcohol. It is usually encountered as the monohydrate. The compound is noteworth ...
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Strontium chloride
Strontium chloride (SrCl2) is a salt of strontium and chlorine.
It is a 'typical' salt, forming neutral aqueous solutions. As with all compounds of strontium, this salt emits a bright red colour in flame, and is commonly used in fireworks to that ...
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Sulfur dichloride –
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Sulfuryl chloride
Sulfuryl chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula SO2Cl2. At room temperature, it is a colorless liquid with a pungent odor. Sulfuryl chloride is not found in nature, as can be inferred from its rapid hydrolysis.
Sulfuryl chloride is ...
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Tantalum(III) chloride –
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Tantalum(IV) chloride –
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Tantalum(V) chloride –
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Tellurium tetrachloride
Tellurium tetrachloride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula TeCl4. The compound is volatile, subliming at 200 °C at 0.1 mmHg. Molten TeCl4 is ionic, dissociating into TeCl3+ and Te2Cl102−.
Structure
TeCl4 is mon ...
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Terbium(III) chloride –
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Tetrachloroauric acid –
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Thallium(I) chloride
Thallium(I) chloride, also known as thallous chloride, is a chemical compound with the formula TlCl. This colourless salt is an intermediate in the isolation of thallium from its ores. Typically, an acidic solution of thallium(I) sulfate is treat ...
– TlCl
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Thallium(III) chloride –
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Thionyl chloride
Thionyl chloride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a moderately volatile, colourless liquid with an unpleasant acrid odour. Thionyl chloride is primarily used as a chlorinating reagent, with approximately per year bein ...
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Thiophosgene –
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Thorium(IV) chloride –
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Thulium(III) chloride
Thulium(III) chloride or thulium trichloride is as an inorganic salt composed of thulium and chlorine with the formula TmCl3. It forms yellow crystals. Thulium(III) chloride has the YCl3 ( AlCl3) layer structure with octahedral thulium ions.Well ...
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Tin(II) chloride –
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Tin(IV) chloride
Tin(IV) chloride, also known as tin tetrachloride or stannic chloride, is an inorganic compound with the formula Sn Cl4. It is a colorless hygroscopic liquid, which fumes on contact with air. It is used as a precursor to other tin compounds. It w ...
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Titanium tetrachloride
Titanium tetrachloride is the inorganic compound with the formula . It is an important intermediate in the production of titanium metal and the pigment titanium dioxide. is a volatile liquid. Upon contact with humid air, it forms thick clouds ...
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Titanium(III) chloride
Titanium(III) chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula TiCl3. At least four distinct species have this formula; additionally hydrated derivatives are known. TiCl3 is one of the most common halides of titanium and is an important cataly ...
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Trichlorosilane
Trichlorosilane is an inorganic compound with the formula HCl3Si. It is a colourless, volatile liquid. Purified trichlorosilane is the principal precursor to ultrapure silicon in the semiconductor industry. In water, it rapidly decomposes to pr ...
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Trigonal bipyramidal
In chemistry, a trigonal bipyramid formation is a molecular geometry with one atom at the center and 5 more atoms at the corners of a triangular bipyramid. This is one geometry for which the bond angles surrounding the central atom are not ident ...
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Tungsten(IV) chloride –
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Tungsten(V) chloride –
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Tungsten(VI) chloride –
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Uranium hexachloride –
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Uranium(III) chloride –
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Uranium(IV) chloride –
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Uranium(V) chloride –
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Uranyl chloride
Uranyl chloride refers to inorganic compounds with the formula UO2Cl2(H2O)n where n = 0, 1, or 3. These are yellow-colored solids.
Synthesis and structures
The hydrates are obtained by dissolving uranyl sulfate or uranyl acetate in hydrochloric ...
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Vanadium oxytrichloride –
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Vanadium(II) chloride –
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Vanadium(III) chloride –
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Vanadium(IV) chloride –
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Ytterbium(III) chloride –
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Yttrium chloride –
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Zinc chloride
Zinc chloride is the name of inorganic chemical compounds with the formula ZnCl2 and its hydrates. Zinc chlorides, of which nine crystalline forms are known, are colorless or white, and are highly soluble in water. This salt is hygroscopic and e ...
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Zirconium(IV) chloride –
Cr
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Chromic acid
The term chromic acid is usually used for a mixture made by adding concentrated sulfuric acid to a dichromate, which may contain a variety of compounds, including solid chromium trioxide. This kind of chromic acid may be used as a cleaning mixtu ...
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Chromium trioxide
Chromium trioxide (also known as chromium(VI) oxide or chromic anhydride) is an inorganic compound with the formula CrO3. It is the acidic anhydride of chromic acid, and is sometimes marketed under the same name.
This compound is a dark-purple s ...
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Chromic acid
The term chromic acid is usually used for a mixture made by adding concentrated sulfuric acid to a dichromate, which may contain a variety of compounds, including solid chromium trioxide. This kind of chromic acid may be used as a cleaning mixtu ...
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Chromium(II) chloride
Chromium(II) chloride describes inorganic compounds with the chemical formula, formula Chromium, CrChlorine, Cl2(H2O)n. The anhydrous solid is white when pure, however commercial samples are often grey or green; it is hygroscopic and readily disso ...
(chromous chloride) –
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Chromium(II) sulfate –
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Chromium(III) chloride
Chromium(III) chloride (also called chromic chloride) describes any of several chemical compounds with the formula CrCl3, where can be 0, 5, and 6. The anhydrous compound with the formula CrCl3 is a violet solid. The most common form of the tric ...
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Chromium(III) nitrate –
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Chromium(III) oxide
Chromium(III) oxide (or chromia) is an inorganic compound with the formula . It is one of the principal oxides of chromium and is used as a pigment. In nature, it occurs as the rare mineral eskolaite.
Structure and properties
has the corundum ...
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Chromium(III) sulfate
Chromium(III) sulfate usually refers to the inorganic compounds with the formula Cr2(SO4)3.x(H2O), where x can range from 0 to 18. Additionally, ill-defined but commercially important "basic chromium sulfates" are known. These salts are usually ei ...
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Chromium(III) telluride –
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Chromium(IV) oxide –
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Chromium pentafluoride
Chromium pentafluoride is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula CrF5. It is a red volatile solid that melts at 34 °C. It is the highest known chromium fluoride, since the hypothetical chromium hexafluoride has not yet been synt ...
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Chromyl chloride
Chromyl chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula CrO2Cl2. It is a reddish brown compound that is a volatile liquid at room temperature, which is unusual for transition metal complexes.
Preparation
Chromyl chloride can be prepared by th ...
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Chromyl fluoride –
Co
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Cobalt(II) bromide –
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Cobalt(II) carbonate
Cobalt(II) carbonate is the inorganic compound with the formula CoCO3. This reddish paramagnetic solid is an intermediate in the hydrometallurgical purification of cobalt from its ores. It is an inorganic pigment, and a precursor to catalysts. ...
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Cobalt(II) chloride
Cobalt(II) chloride is an inorganic compound of cobalt and chlorine, with the formula . The compound forms several hydrates ·''n'', for ''n'' = 1, 2, 6, and 9. Claims of the formation of tri- and tetrahydrates have not been confirmed.M. T. Saug ...
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Cobalt(II) nitrate
Cobalt is a chemical element with the symbol Co and atomic number 27. As with nickel, cobalt is found in the Earth's crust only in a chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron. The free element, p ...
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Cobalt(II) sulfate
Cobalt(II) sulfate is any of the inorganic compounds with the formula CoSO4(H2O)x. Usually cobalt sulfate refers to the hexa- or heptahydrates CoSO4.6H2O or CoSO4.7H2O, respectively. The heptahydrate is a red solid that is soluble in water and ...
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Cobalt(III) fluoride
Cobalt(III) fluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula . Hydrates are also known. The anhydrous compound is a hygroscopic brown solid. It is used to synthesize organofluorine compounds.
The related cobalt(III) chloride is also known but ...
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Cu
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Copper(I) acetylide
Copper(I) acetylide, or cuprous acetylide, is a chemical compound with the formula Cu2 C2. Although never characterized by X-ray crystallography, the material has been claimed at least since 1856. One form is claimed to be a monohydrate with for ...
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Copper(I) chloride
Copper(I) chloride, commonly called cuprous chloride, is the lower chloride of copper, with the formula CuCl. The substance is a white solid sparingly soluble in water, but very soluble in concentrated hydrochloric acid. Impure samples appear gre ...
– CuCl
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Copper(I) fluoride – CuF
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Copper(I) oxide
Copper(I) oxide or cuprous oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Cu2O. It is one of the principal oxides of copper, the other being or copper(II) oxide or cupric oxide (CuO). This red-coloured solid is a component of some antifoulin ...
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Copper(I) sulfate
Copper(I) sulfate, also known as cuprous sulfate, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Cu2 SO4. It is a white solid that has attracted little attention, in contrast to copper(II) sulfate. It is an unusual example of a copper(I) ...
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Copper(I) sulfide
Copper(I) sulfide is a copper sulfide, a chemical compound of copper and sulfur. It has the chemical compound Cu2S. It is found in nature as the mineral chalcocite. It has a narrow range of stoichiometry ranging from Cu1.997S to Cu2.000S.
Prepara ...
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Copper(II) azide
Copper(II) azide is a medium density explosive with the molecular formula .
Uses
Copper azide is very explosive and is too sensitive for any practical use unless handled in solution.
Preparation
Copper azide can be prepared by a metathesis rea ...
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Copper(II) borate – Cu
3(BO
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2
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Copper(II) carbonate
Copper(II) carbonate or cupric carbonate is a chemical compound with formula . At ambient temperatures, it is an ionic solid (a salt) consisting of copper(II) cations and carbonate anions .
This compound is rarely encountered because it is di ...
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Copper(II) chloride
Copper(II) chloride is the chemical compound with the chemical formula CuCl2. The anhydrous form is yellowish brown but slowly absorbs moisture to form a blue-green dihydrate.
Both the anhydrous and the dihydrate forms occur naturally as the ver ...
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Copper(II) hydroxide
Copper(II) hydroxide is the hydroxide of copper with the chemical formula of Cu(OH)2. It is a pale greenish blue or bluish green solid. Some forms of copper(II) hydroxide are sold as "stabilized" copper(II) hydroxide, although they likely consist ...
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Copper(II) nitrate
Copper(II) nitrate describes any member of the family of inorganic compounds with the formula Cu( NO3)2(H2O)x. The hydrates are blue solids. Anhydrous copper nitrate forms blue-green crystals and sublimes in a vacuum at 150-200 °C. Common hy ...
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Copper(II) oxide
Copper(II) oxide or cupric oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula CuO. A black solid, it is one of the two stable oxides of copper, the other being Cu2O or copper(I) oxide (cuprous oxide). As a mineral, it is known as tenorite. It is ...
– CuO
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Copper(II) sulfate
Copper(II) sulfate, also known as copper sulphate, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It forms hydrates , where ''n'' can range from 1 to 7. The pentahydrate (''n'' = 5), a bright blue crystal, is the most commonly encountered h ...
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Copper(II) sulfide
Copper monosulfide is a chemical compound of copper and sulfur. It was initially thought to occur in nature as the dark indigo blue mineral covellite. However, it was later shown to be rather a cuprous compound, formula Cu+3S(S2).Liang, W., Whan ...
– CuS
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Copper oxychloride
Dicopper chloride trihydroxide is the chemical compound with the formula Cu2(OH)3Cl. It is often referred to as tribasic copper chloride (TBCC), copper trihydroxyl chloride or copper hydroxychloride. It is a greenish crystalline solid encount ...
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Tetramminecopper(II) sulfate –
Cm
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Curium(III) chloride –
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Curium(III) oxide –
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Curium(IV) oxide –
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Curium hydroxide –
CN
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Cyanogen bromide
Cyanogen bromide is the inorganic compound with the formula (CN)Br or BrCN. It is a colorless solid that is widely used to modify biopolymers, fragment proteins and peptides (cuts the C-terminus of methionine), and synthesize other compounds. ...
– BrCN
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Cyanogen chloride
Cyanogen chloride is a highly toxic chemical compound with the formula CNCl. This linear, triatomic pseudohalogen is an easily condensed colorless gas. More commonly encountered in the laboratory is the related compound cyanogen bromide, a room-te ...
– ClCN
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Cyanogen iodide
Cyanogen iodide or iodine cyanide (ICN) is a pseudohalogen composed of iodine and the cyanide group. It is a highly toxic inorganic compound. It occurs as white crystals that react slowly with water to form hydrogen cyanide.
Synthesis
Cyanogen io ...
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Cyanogen
Cyanogen is the chemical compound with the formula ( C N)2. It is a colorless and highly toxic gas with a pungent odor. The molecule is a pseudohalogen. Cyanogen molecules consist of two CN groups – analogous to diatomic halogen molecu ...
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Cyanuric chloride
Cyanuric chloride is an organic compound with the formula (NCCl)3. This white solid is the chlorinated derivative of 1,3,5-triazine. It is the trimer of cyanogen chloride. Cyanuric chloride is the main precursor to the popular but controver ...
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Cyanogen thiocyanate –
[Therald Moeller, ''Inorganic Chemistry,'' Asia Publishing House, 1958 edition, p. 474]
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Cyanogen selenocyanate –
[
* ]Cyanogen azide
Cyanogen azide, N3CN or CN4, is an azide compound of carbon and nitrogen which is an oily, colourless liquid at room temperature. It is a highly explosive chemical that is soluble in most organic solvents, and normally handled in dilute solution ...
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D
* Disilane
Disilane is a chemical compound with chemical formula Si2H6 that was identified in 1902 by Henri Moissan and Samuel Smiles (1877–1953). Moissan and Smiles reported disilane as being among the products formed by the action of dilute acids on meta ...
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* Disulfur dichloride –
Dy
* Dysprosium(III) chloride –
* Dysprosium oxide –
* Dysprosium titanate –
E
Es
* Einsteinium(III) bromide –
* Einsteinium(III) carbonate –
* Einsteinium(III) chloride –
* Einsteinium(III) fluoride –
* Einsteinium(III) iodide –
* Einsteinium(III) nitrate –
* Einsteinium(III) oxide –
* Einsteinium(III) phosphate –
* Einsteinium(III) sulfate –
* Einsteinium(III) sulfide –
Er
* Erbium(III) chloride –
* Erbium-copper – ErCu
* Erbium-gold – ErAu
* Erbium(III) oxide
Erbium(III) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula . It is a pink paramagnetic solid. It finds uses in various optical materials.
Structure
Erbium(III) oxide has a cubic structure resembling the bixbyite motif. The Er3+ centers are oc ...
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* Erbium-silver – ErAg
* Erbium-Iridium – ErIr
Eu
* Europium(II) chloride
Europium(II) chloride is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula EuCl2. When it is irradiated by ultraviolet light, it has bright blue fluorescence.
Preparation
Europium dichloride can be produced by reducing europium trichloride with hydro ...
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* Europium(II) sulfate –
* Europium(III) bromide
Europium(III) bromide (or europium tribromide) is a crystalline compound, a salt, made of one europium and three bromine atoms. Europium tribromide is a grey powder at room temperature. It is odorless. Europium tribromide is Hygroscopy, hygroscopi ...
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* Europium(III) chloride
Europium(III) chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula EuCl3. The anhydrous compound is a yellow solid. Being hygroscopic it rapidly absorbs water to form a white crystalline water of crystallization, hexahydrate, EuCl3·6H2O, which is ...
–
* Europium(III) iodate –
* Europium(III) iodide –
* Europium(III) nitrate –
* Europium(III) oxide
Europium(III) oxide (Eu2O3), is a chemical compound of europium and oxygen. It is widely used as a red or blue phosphor in television sets and fluorescent lamps, and as an activator for yttrium-based phosphors. It is also an agent for the manufac ...
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* Europium(III) perchlorate –
* Europium(III) sulfate –
* Europium(III) vanadate –
F
F
* Fluoroantimonic acid
Fluoroantimonic acid is a mixture of hydrogen fluoride and antimony pentafluoride, containing various cations and anions (the simplest being and ). This substance is a superacid that can be over a billion times stronger than 100% pure sulfuri ...
–
* Tetrafluorohydrazine
Tetrafluorohydrazine or perfluorohydrazine, , is a colourless, reactive inorganic gas. It is a fluorinated analog of hydrazine. It is a highly hazardous chemical that explodes in the presence of organic materials.
Tetrafluorohydrazine is manufac ...
–
* Trifluoromethylisocyanide –
* Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid
Triflic acid, the short name for trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, TFMS, TFSA, HOTf or TfOH, is a sulfonic acid with the chemical formula CF3SO3H. It is one of the strongest known acids. Triflic acid is mainly used in research as a catalyst for es ...
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* Other fluorides: AlF3, AmF3, NH4F, NH4HF2, NH4BF4, SbF5, SbF3, AsF5, AsF3, BaF2, BeF2, BiF3, F5SOOSF5, BF3, BrF5, BrF3, BrF, CdF2, CsF, CaF2, CF4, COF2, CeF3, CeF4, ClF5, ClF3, ClF, CrF3, CrF5, CrO2F2, CoF2, CoF3, CuF, CuF2, CmF3, N2F2, N2F4, O2F2, P2F4, S2F2, DyF3, ErF3, EuF3, HBF4, FN3, FOSO2F, FNO3, FSO3H, GdF3, GaF3, GeF4, AuF3, HfF4, H2SbF6, HPF6, H2SiF6, H2TiF6, HF, HF(aq), HFO, InF3, IF7, IF, IF5, IrF3, IrF6, FeF2, FeF3, KrF2, LaF3, PbF2, PbF4, LiF, MgF2, MnF2, MnF3, MnF4, Hg2F2, HgF2, MoF3, MoF5, MoF6, NbF4, NbF5, NdF3, NiF2, NpF4, NpF5, NpF6, ONF3, NF3, NO2BF4, NOBF4, NOF, NO2F, OsF4, OsF6, OsF7, OF2, PdF2, PdF4, FSO2OOSO2F, POF3, PF5, PF3, PtF2, PtF4, PtF6, PuF3, PuF4, PuF6, KF, KPF6, KBF4, PrF3, PaF5, RaF2, RnF2, ReF4, ReF6, ReF7, RhF3, RbF, RuF3, RuF4, RuF6, SmF3, ScF3, SeF6, SeF4, SiF4, AgF, AgF2, AgBF4, NaF, NaFSO3, Na3AlF6, NaSbF6, NaPF6, Na2SiF6, Na2TiF6, NaBF4, SrF2, SF2, SF6, SF4, SO2F2, TaF5, TcF6, TeF6, TeF4, TlF, TlF3, SOF2, ThF4, SnF2, SnF4, TiF3, TiF4, HSiF3, WF6, UF4, UF5, UF6, UO2F2, VF3, VF4, VF5, XeF2, XeO2F2, XeF6, XePtF6, XeF4, YbF3, YF3, ZnF2, ZrF4
Fr
* Francium oxide –
* Francium chloride – FrCl
* Francium bromide – FrBr
* Francium iodide – FrI
* Francium carbonate –
* Francium hydroxide
Francium hydroxide is a hypothetical inorganic compound with a chemical formula FrOH. It is francium's hydroxide.
It probably can be produced by reacting francium metal with water:
:
This reaction might be explosive.
Francium hydroxide's alkalin ...
– FrOH
* Francium sulfate –
G
Gd
* Gadolinium(III) chloride –
* Gadolinium(III) oxide
Gadolinium(III) oxide (archaically gadolinia) is an inorganic compound with the formula Gd2O3. It is one of the most commonly available forms of the rare-earth element gadolinium, derivatives of which are potential contrast agents for magnetic res ...
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* Gadolinium(III) carbonate –
* Gadolinium(III) chloride –
* Gadolinium(III) fluoride –
* Gadolinium gallium garnet –
* Gadolinium(III) nitrate –
* Gadolinium(III) oxide
Gadolinium(III) oxide (archaically gadolinia) is an inorganic compound with the formula Gd2O3. It is one of the most commonly available forms of the rare-earth element gadolinium, derivatives of which are potential contrast agents for magnetic res ...
–
* Gadolinium(III) phosphate –
* Gadolinium(III) sulfate –
Ga
* Gallium antimonide
Gallium antimonide (GaSb) is a semiconducting compound of gallium and antimony of the III-V family. It has a lattice constant of about 0.61 nm. It has a band gap of 0.67 eV.
History
The intermetallic compound GaSb was first prepared in 1926 by V ...
– GaSb
* Gallium arsenide – GaAs
* Gallium(III) fluoride –
* Gallium trichloride –
* Gallium nitride
Gallium nitride () is a binary III/ V direct bandgap semiconductor commonly used in blue light-emitting diodes since the 1990s. The compound is a very hard material that has a Wurtzite crystal structure. Its wide band gap of 3.4 eV affords ...
– GaN
* Gallium phosphide
Gallium phosphide (GaP), a phosphide of gallium, is a compound semiconductor material with an indirect band gap of 2.24 eV at room temperature. Impure polycrystalline material has the appearance of pale orange or grayish pieces. Undoped single ...
– GaP
* Gallium(II) sulfide – GaS
* Gallium(III) sulfide –
Ge
* Digermane
Digermane is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ge2H6. One of the few hydrides of germanium, it is a colourless liquid. Its molecular geometry is similar to ethane.
Synthesis
Digermane was first synthesized and examined in 1924 by ...
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* Germane –
* Germanium(II) bromide –
* Germanium(II) chloride –
* Germanium(II) fluoride –
* Germanium(II) iodide –
* Germanium(II) oxide – GeO
* Germanium(II) selenide – GeSe
* Germanium(II) sulfide – GeS
* Germanium(IV) bromide –
* Germanium(IV) chloride –
* Germanium(IV) fluoride –
* Germanium(IV) iodide –
* Germanium(IV) nitride –
* Germanium(IV) oxide –
* Germanium(IV) selenide –
* Germanium(IV) sulfide –
* Germanium difluoride
Germanium difluoride (GeF2) is a chemical compound of germanium and fluorine. It is a white solid with a melting point of 110 °C, and can be produced by reacting germanium tetrafluoride with germanium powder at 150–300 °C.
Structure ...
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* Germanium dioxide
Germanium dioxide, also called germanium(IV) oxide, germania, and salt of germanium, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ge O2. It is the main commercial source of germanium. It also forms as a passivation layer on pure germaniu ...
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* Germanium tetrachloride
Germanium tetrachloride is a colourless, fuming liquid with a peculiar, acidic odour. It is used as an intermediate in the production of purified germanium metal. In recent years, GeCl4 usage has increased substantially due to its use as a reagent ...
–
* Germanium tetrafluoride
Germanium tetrafluoride (GeF4) is a chemical compound of germanium and fluorine. It is a colorless gas.
Synthesis
Germanium tetrafluoride is formed by treating germanium with fluorine:
: Ge + 2 F2 → GeF4
Alternatively germanium dioxide combine ...
–
* Germanium telluride – GeTe
Gold, Au
* Gold(I) bromide – AuBr
* Gold(I) chloride
Gold(I) chloride is a compound of gold and chlorine with the chemical formula AuCl.
Preparation
Gold(I) chloride is prepared by thermal decomposition of gold(III) chloride
Gold(III) chloride, traditionally called auric chloride, is a compou ...
– AuCl
* Gold(I) hydride – AuH
* Gold(I) iodide – AuI
* Gold(I) selenide –
* Gold(I) sulfide –
* Gold(III) bromide –
* Gold(III) chloride
Gold(III) chloride, traditionally called auric chloride, is a compound of gold and chlorine with the molecular formula . The "III" in the name indicates that the gold has an oxidation state of +3, typical for many gold compounds. Gold(III) c ...
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* Gold(III) fluoride –
* Gold(III) iodide –
* Gold(III) oxide –
* Gold(III) selenide –
* Gold(III) sulfide –
* Gold(III) nitrate –
* Gold(V) fluoride –
* Gold(I,III) chloride –
* Gold ditelluride –
* Gold heptafluoride – ()
H
Hafnium, Hf
* Hafnium(IV) bromide –
* Hafnium(IV) carbide – HfC
* Hafnium(IV) chloride –
* Hafnium(IV) fluoride –
* Hafnium(IV) iodide –
* Hafnium(IV) oxide –
* Hafnium(IV) silicate –
* Hafnium(IV) sulfide –
* Hexadecacarbonylhexarhodium –
Holmium, Ho
* Holmium(III) carbonate –
* Holmium(III) chloride –
* Holmium(III) fluoride –
* Holmium(III) nitrate –
* Holmium(III) oxide –
* Holmium(III) phosphate –
* Holmium(III) sulfate –
Hydrogen, H
* Hexafluorosilicic acid –
* Hydrazine –
* Hydrazoic acid –
* Hydroiodic acid – HI
* Hydrogen bromide
Hydrogen bromide is the inorganic compound with the formula . It is a hydrogen halide consisting of hydrogen and bromine. A colorless gas, it dissolves in water, forming hydrobromic acid, which is saturated at 68.85% HBr by weight at room tempe ...
– HBr
* Hydrogen chloride
The compound hydrogen chloride has the chemical formula and as such is a hydrogen halide. At room temperature, it is a colourless gas, which forms white fumes of hydrochloric acid upon contact with atmospheric water vapor. Hydrogen chloride ga ...
– HCl
* Hydrogen cyanide – HCN
* Hydrogen fluoride – HF
* Hydrogen peroxide –
* Hydrogen selenide –
* Hydrogen sulfide –
* Hydrogen telluride –
* Hydroxylamine –
* Hypobromous acid
Hypobromous acid is a weak, unstable acid with chemical formula of HOBr. It is mainly produced and handled in an aqueous solution. It is generated both biologically and commercially as a disinfectant. Salts of hypobromite are rarely isolated a ...
– HBrO
* Hypochlorous acid
Hypochlorous acid (HClO, HOCl, or ClHO) is a weak acid that forms when chlorine dissolves in water, and itself partially dissociates, forming hypochlorite, ClO−. HClO and ClO− are oxidizers, and the primary disinfection agents of chlorine sol ...
– HClO
* Hypophosphorous acid –
* Metaphosphoric acid –
* Protonated molecular hydrogen –
* Trioxidane –
* Water - H2O
Helium, He
* Sodium helide –
I
Indium, In
* Indium(I) bromide – InBr
* Indium(III) bromide –
* Indium(III) chloride
Indium(III) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula In Cl3. This salt is a white, flaky solid with applications in organic synthesis as a Lewis acid. It is also the most available soluble derivative of indium.
Synthesis and structur ...
–
* Indium(III) fluoride –
* Indium(III) oxide –
* Indium(III) sulfate –
* Indium antimonide – InSb
* Indium arsenide – InAs
* Indium nitride – InN
* Indium phosphide – InP
* Indium antimonide – InSb
* Indium arsenide – InAs
* Indium(III) bromide –
* Indium(III) chloride
Indium(III) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula In Cl3. This salt is a white, flaky solid with applications in organic synthesis as a Lewis acid. It is also the most available soluble derivative of indium.
Synthesis and structur ...
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* Indium(III) fluoride –
* Indium halides#InI, Indium(I) iodide – InI
* Indium(III) nitrate –
* Indium nitride – InN
* Indium(I) oxide –
* Indium(III) oxide –
* Indium phosphide – InP
* Indium(III) selenide –
* Indium(III) sulfate –
* Indium(III) sulfide –
* Trimethylindium –
Iodine, I
* Iodic acid –
* Iodine heptafluoride –
* Iodine pentafluoride –
* Iodine monochloride
Iodine monochloride is an interhalogen compound with the formula . It is a red-brown chemical compound that melts near room temperature. Because of the difference in the electronegativity of iodine and chlorine, this molecule is highly polar an ...
– ICl
* Iodine trichloride –
* Periodic acid –
* Iodine pentachloride -
* Iodine tribromide -
Iridium, Ir
* Iridium(IV) chloride –
* Iridium(V) fluoride –
* Iridium hexafluoride –
* Iridium tetrafluoride –
Iron, Fe
* Columbite –
* Iron(II) chloride
Iron(II) chloride, also known as ferrous chloride, is the chemical compound of formula FeCl2. It is a paramagnetic solid with a high melting point. The compound is white, but typical samples are often off-white. FeCl2 crystallizes from water as ...
–
* Iron(II) oxalate –
* Iron(II) oxide – FeO
* Iron(II) selenate –
* Iron(II) sulfate –
* Iron(III) chloride –
* Iron(III) fluoride –
* Iron(III) oxalate –
* Iron(III) oxide –
* Iron(III) nitrate –
* Iron(III) sulfate –
* Iron(III) thiocyanate –
* Iron(II,III) oxide –
* Iron ferrocyanide –
* Prussian blue (Iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II)) –
* Ammonium iron(II) sulfate –
* Iron(II) bromide
Iron(II) bromide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula FeBr2. The anhydrous compound is a yellow or brownish-colored paramagnetic solid. Several hydrates of FeBr2 are also known, all being pale colored solids. It is a common precur ...
–
* Iron(III) bromide
Iron(III) bromide is the chemical compound with the formula FeBr3. Also known as ferric bromide, this red-brown odorless compound is used as a Lewis acid catalyst in the halogenation of aromatic compounds. It dissolves in water to give acidic ...
–
* Iron(II) chloride
Iron(II) chloride, also known as ferrous chloride, is the chemical compound of formula FeCl2. It is a paramagnetic solid with a high melting point. The compound is white, but typical samples are often off-white. FeCl2 crystallizes from water as ...
–
* Iron(III) chloride –
* Iron disulfide –
* Iron dodecacarbonyl –
* Iron(III) fluoride –
* Iron(II) iodide –
* Iron naphthenate –
* Iron(III) nitrate –
* Iron nonacarbonyl –
* Iron(II) oxalate –
* Iron(II,III) oxide –
* Iron(III) oxide –
* Iron pentacarbonyl –
* Iron(III) perchlorate –
* Iron(III) phosphate –
* Iron(II) sulfamate –
* Iron(II) sulfate –
* Iron(III) sulfate –
* Iron(II) sulfide – FeS
K
Krypton, Kr
* Krypton difluoride –
L
Lanthanum, La
* Lanthanum aluminium – LaAl
* Lanthanum cadmium – LaCd
* Lanthanum carbonate –
* Lanthanum magnesium – LaMg
* Lanthanum manganite –
* Lanthanum mercury – LaHg
* Lanthanum silver – LaAg
* Lanthanum thallium – LaTl
* Lanthanum zinc – LaZn
* Lanthanum boride –
* Lanthanum carbonate –
* Lanthanum(III) chloride –
* Lanthanum trifluoride –
* Lanthanum(III) oxide –
* Lanthanum(III) nitrate –
* Lanthanum(III) phosphate –
* Lanthanum(III) sulfate –
Lead, Pb
* Lead(II) azide –
* Lead(II) bromide –
* Lead(II) carbonate –
* Lead(II) chloride
Lead(II) chloride (PbCl2) is an inorganic compound which is a white solid under ambient conditions. It is poorly soluble in water. Lead(II) chloride is one of the most important lead-based reagents. It also occurs naturally in the form of the mi ...
–
* Lead(II) fluoride –
* Lead(II) hydroxide –
* Lead(II) iodide –
* Lead(II) nitrate –
* Lead(II) oxide – PbO
* Lead(II) phosphate –
* Lead(II) sulfate –
* Lead(II) selenide – PbSe
* Lead(II) sulfide – PbS
* Lead(II) telluride – PbTe
* Lead(II) thiocyanate –
* Lead(II,IV) oxide –
* Lead(IV) oxide –
* Lead(IV) sulfide –
* Lead hydrogen arsenate –
* Lead styphnate –
* Lead tetrachloride –
* Lead tetrafluoride –
* Lead tetroxide –
* Lead titanate –
* Lead zirconate titanate – (e.g., ''x'' = 0.52 is lead zirconium titanate)
* Plumbane –
Lithium, Li
* Lithium tetrachloroaluminate –
* Lithium aluminium hydride –
* Lithium bromide
Lithium bromide (LiBr) is a chemical compound of lithium and bromine. Its extreme hygroscopic character makes LiBr useful as a desiccant in certain air conditioning systems.Wietelmann, Ulrich and Bauer, Richard J. (2005) "Lithium and Lithium Compo ...
– LiBr
* Lithium borohydride –
* Lithium carbonate (Lithium salt) –
* Lithium chloride
Lithium chloride is a chemical compound with the formula Li Cl. The salt is a typical ionic compound (with certain covalent characteristics), although the small size of the Li+ ion gives rise to properties not seen for other alkali metal chlorid ...
– LiCl
* Lithium hypochlorite – LiClO
* Lithium chlorate –
* Lithium perchlorate
Lithium perchlorate is the inorganic compound with the formula LiClO4. This white or colourless crystalline salt is noteworthy for its high solubility in many solvents. It exists both in anhydrous form and as a trihydrate.
Applications Inorga ...
–
* Lithium cobalt oxide –
* Lithium oxide –
* Lithium peroxide –
* Lithium hydride – LiH
* Lithium hydroxide – LiOH
* Lithium iodide – LiI
* Lithium iron phosphate –
* Lithium nitrate –
* Lithium sulfide –
* Lithium sulfite –
* Lithium sulfate –
* Lithium superoxide –
* Lithium hexafluorophosphate –
M
Magnesium, Mg
* Magnesium antimonide – MgSb
* Magnesium bromide –
* Magnesium carbonate –
* Magnesium chloride
Magnesium chloride is the family of inorganic compounds with the formula , where x can range from 0 to 12. These salts are colorless or white solids that are highly soluble in water. These compounds and their solutions, both of which occur in natu ...
–
* Magnesium citrate –
* Magnesium oxide – MgO
* Magnesium perchlorate –
* Magnesium phosphate –
* Magnesium sulfate –
* Magnesium bicarbonate –
* Magnesium boride –
* Magnesium bromide –
* Magnesium carbide –
* Magnesium carbonate –
* Magnesium chloride
Magnesium chloride is the family of inorganic compounds with the formula , where x can range from 0 to 12. These salts are colorless or white solids that are highly soluble in water. These compounds and their solutions, both of which occur in natu ...
–
* Magnesium cyanamide –
* Magnesium fluoride –
* Magnesium fluorophosphate –
* Magnesium gluconate –
* Magnesium hydride –
* Dimagnesium phosphate –
* Magnesium hydroxide –
* Magnesium hypochlorite –
* Magnesium iodide –
* Magnesium molybdate –
* Magnesium nitrate –
* Magnesium oxalate –
* Magnesium peroxide –
* Magnesium phosphate –
* Magnesium silicate –
* Magnesium sulfate –
* Magnesium sulfide – MgS
* Magnesium titanate –
* Magnesium tungstate –
* Magnesium zirconate –
Manganese, Mn
* Manganese(II) bromide –
* Manganese(II) chloride
Manganese(II) chloride is the dichloride salt of manganese, MnCl2. This inorganic chemical exists in the anhydrous form, as well as the di hydrate (MnCl2·2H2O) and tetrahydrate (MnCl2·4H2O), with the tetrahydrate being the most common form. Li ...
–
* Manganese(II) hydroxide –
* Manganese(II) oxide – MnO
* Manganese(II) phosphate –
* Manganese(II) sulfate –
* Manganese(II) sulfate monohydrate –
* Manganese(III) chloride –
* Manganese(III) oxide –
* Manganese(IV) fluoride –
* Manganese(IV) oxide (manganese dioxide) –
* Manganese(II,III) oxide –
* Manganese dioxide –
* Manganese heptoxide –
Mercury (element), Hg
* Mercury(I) chloride
Mercury(I) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula Hg2Cl2. Also known as the mineral calomel (a rare mineral) or mercurous chloride, this dense white or yellowish-white, odorless solid is the principal example of a mercury(I) compound ...
–
* Mercury(I) sulfate –
* Mercury(II) chloride
Mercury(II) chloride (or mercury bichloride, mercury dichloride), historically also known as sulema or corrosive sublimate, is the inorganic chemical compound of mercury and chlorine with the formula HgCl2. It is white crystalline solid and is ...
–
* Mercury(II) hydride –
* Mercury selenide, Mercury(II) selenide – HgSe
* Mercury(II) sulfate –
* Mercury(II) sulfide – HgS
* Mercury telluride, Mercury(II) telluride – HgTe
* Mercury(II) thiocyanate –
* Mercury(IV) fluoride –
* Mercury fulminate –
Molybdenum, Mo
* Molybdenum(II) bromide –
* Molybdenum(II) chloride –
* Molybdenum(III) bromide –
* Molybdenum(III) chloride –
* Molybdenum(IV) carbide – MoC
* Molybdenum(IV) chloride –
* Molybdenum(IV) fluoride –
* Molybdenum(V) chloride
Molybdenum(V) chloride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula . This dark volatile solid is used in research to prepare other molybdenum compounds. It is moisture-sensitive and soluble in chlorinated solvents.
Structure
Usually call ...
–
* Molybdenum(V) fluoride –
* Molybdenum disulfide –
* Molybdenum hexacarbonyl –
* Molybdenum hexafluoride –
* Molybdenum tetrachloride –
* Molybdenum trioxide –
* Molybdic acid –
N
Neodymium, Nd
* Neodymium acetate -
* Neodymium arsenate, Neodymium(III) arsenate – NdAsO4
* Neodymium(II) chloride –
* Neodymium(III) chloride –
* NdFeB, Neodymium magnet –
* Neodymium(II) bromide -
* Neodymium(III) bromide –
* Neodymium(III) fluoride –
* Neodymium(III) hydride -
* Neodymium(II) iodide -
* Neodymium(III) iodide –
* Neodymium molybdate -
* Neodymium perrhenate -
* Neodymium(III) sulfide -
* Neodymium tantalate -
* Neodymium(III) vanadate -
Neptunium, Np
* Neptunium(III) fluoride –
* Neptunium(IV) fluoride –
* Neptunium(IV) oxide –
* Neptunium(VI) fluoride –
Nickel, Ni
* Nickel(II) carbonate –
* Nickel(II) chloride
Nickel(II) chloride (or just nickel chloride) is the chemical compound NiCl2. The anhydrous salt is yellow, but the more familiar hydrate NiCl2·6H2O is green. Nickel(II) chloride, in various forms, is the most important source of nickel for che ...
–
* Nickel(II) fluoride –
* Nickel(II) hydroxide –
* Nickel(II) nitrate –
* Nickel(II) oxide – NiO
* Nickel(II) sulfamate –
* Nickel(II) sulfide – NiS
Niobium, Nb
* Niobium(IV) fluoride –
* Niobium(V) fluoride –
* Niobium oxychloride –
* Niobium pentachloride –
Nitrogen, N
* Dinitrogen pentoxide (nitronium nitrate) –
* Dinitrogen tetrafluoride –
* Dinitrogen tetroxide –
* Dinitrogen trioxide –
* Nitric acid –
* Nitrous acid –
* Nitrogen dioxide –
* Nitrogen monoxide – NO
* Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen monoxide, laughing gas, NOS) –
* Nitrogen pentafluoride –
* Nitrogen triiodide –
NO
* Nitrosonium octafluoroxenate(VI) –
* Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate –
* Nitrosylsulfuric acid –
O
Osmium, Os
* Osmium hexafluoride –
* Osmium tetroxide (osmium(VIII) oxide) –
* Osmium trioxide (osmium(VI) oxide) –
Oxygen, O
* Oxybis(tributyltin) –
* Oxygen difluoride –
* Ozone –
* Aluminium oxide –
* Americium(II) oxide – AmO
* Americium(IV) oxide –
* Antimony trioxide –
* Antimony(V) oxide –
* Arsenic trioxide
Arsenic trioxide, sold under the brand name Trisenox among others, is an inorganic compound and medication. As an industrial chemical, whose major uses include in the manufacture of wood preservatives, pesticides, and glass. As a medication, it ...
–
* Arsenic(V) oxide –
* Barium oxide
Barium oxide, also known as baria, is a white hygroscopic non-flammable compound with the formula BaO. It has a cubic structure and is used in cathode ray tubes, crown glass, and catalysts. It is harmful to human skin and if swallowed in larg ...
– BaO
* Beryllium oxide
Beryllium oxide (BeO), also known as beryllia, is an inorganic compound with the formula BeO. This colourless solid is a notable electrical insulator with a higher thermal conductivity than any other non-metal except diamond, and exceeds that of ...
– BeO
* Bismuth(III) oxide
Bismuth(III) oxide is perhaps the most industrially important compound of bismuth. It is also a common starting point for bismuth chemistry. It is found naturally as the mineral bismite (monoclinic) and sphaerobismoite (tetragonal, much more rare) ...
–
* Bismuth oxychloride
Bismuth oxychloride is an inorganic compound of bismuth with the formula Bi O Cl. It is a lustrous white solid used since antiquity, notably in ancient Egypt. Light wave interference from its plate-like structure gives a pearly iridescent light ...
– BiOCl
* Boron trioxide –
* Bromine monoxide
Dibromine monoxide is the chemical compound composed of bromine and oxygen with the formula Br2O. It is a dark brown solid which is stable below −40 °C and is used in bromination reactions. It is similar to dichlorine monoxide, the mon ...
–
* Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide ( chemical formula ) is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is trans ...
–
* Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a colorless, poisonous, odorless, tasteless, flammable gas that is slightly less dense than air. Carbon monoxide consists of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom connected by a triple bond. It is the simple ...
– CO
* Cerium(IV) oxide
Cerium(IV) oxide, also known as ceric oxide, ceric dioxide, ceria, cerium oxide or cerium dioxide, is an oxide of the rare-earth metal cerium. It is a pale yellow-white powder with the chemical formula CeO2. It is an important commercial produc ...
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* Chlorine dioxide
Chlorine dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula ClO2 that exists as yellowish-green gas above 11 °C, a reddish-brown liquid between 11 °C and −59 °C, and as bright orange crystals below −59 °C. It is usually ...
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* Chlorine trioxide
Dichlorine hexoxide is the chemical compound with the molecular formula , which is correct for its gaseous state. However, in liquid or solid form, this chlorine oxide ionizes into the dark red ionic compound chloryl perchlorate , which may be th ...
–
* Dichlorine heptaoxide –
* Dichlorine monoxide
Dichlorine monoxide is an inorganic compound with the molecular formula Cl2O. It was first synthesised in 1834 by Antoine Jérôme Balard, who along with Gay-Lussac also determined its composition. In older literature it is often referred to as c ...
–
* Chromium(III) oxide
Chromium(III) oxide (or chromia) is an inorganic compound with the formula . It is one of the principal oxides of chromium and is used as a pigment. In nature, it occurs as the rare mineral eskolaite.
Structure and properties
has the corundum ...
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* Chromium(IV) oxide –
* Chromium(VI) oxide –
* Cobalt(II) oxide – CoO
* Copper(I) oxide
Copper(I) oxide or cuprous oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Cu2O. It is one of the principal oxides of copper, the other being or copper(II) oxide or cupric oxide (CuO). This red-coloured solid is a component of some antifoulin ...
–
* Copper(II) oxide
Copper(II) oxide or cupric oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula CuO. A black solid, it is one of the two stable oxides of copper, the other being Cu2O or copper(I) oxide (cuprous oxide). As a mineral, it is known as tenorite. It is ...
– CuO
* Curium(III) oxide –
* Curium(IV) oxide –
* Dysprosium(III) oxide –
* Erbium(III) oxide
Erbium(III) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula . It is a pink paramagnetic solid. It finds uses in various optical materials.
Structure
Erbium(III) oxide has a cubic structure resembling the bixbyite motif. The Er3+ centers are oc ...
–
* Europium(III) oxide
Europium(III) oxide (Eu2O3), is a chemical compound of europium and oxygen. It is widely used as a red or blue phosphor in television sets and fluorescent lamps, and as an activator for yttrium-based phosphors. It is also an agent for the manufac ...
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* Oxygen difluoride –
* Dioxygen difluoride –
* Francium oxide –
* Gadolinium(III) oxide
Gadolinium(III) oxide (archaically gadolinia) is an inorganic compound with the formula Gd2O3. It is one of the most commonly available forms of the rare-earth element gadolinium, derivatives of which are potential contrast agents for magnetic res ...
–
* Gallium(III) oxide –
* Germanium dioxide
Germanium dioxide, also called germanium(IV) oxide, germania, and salt of germanium, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ge O2. It is the main commercial source of germanium. It also forms as a passivation layer on pure germaniu ...
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* Gold(III) oxide –
* Hafnium dioxide –
* Holmium(III) oxide –
* Indium(I) oxide –
* Indium(III) oxide –
* Iodine pentoxide –
* Iridium(IV) oxide –
* Iron(II) oxide – FeO
* Iron(II,III) oxide –
* Iron(III) oxide –
* Lanthanum(III) oxide –
* Lead(II) oxide – PbO
* Lead dioxide –
* Lithium oxide –
* Magnesium oxide – MgO
* Potassium oxide –
* Rubidium oxide –
* Sodium oxide –
* Strontium oxide – SrO
* Tellurium dioxide –
* Uranium(IV) oxide –
''(only simple oxides, oxyhalides, and related compounds, not hydroxides, carbonates, acids, or other compounds listed elsewhere)''
P
Palladium, Pd
* Palladium(II) chloride
Palladium(II) chloride, also known as palladium dichloride and palladous chloride, are the chemical compounds with the formula PdCl2. PdCl2 is a common starting material in palladium chemistry – palladium-based catalysts are of particular value ...
–
* Palladium(II) nitrate –
* Palladium(II,IV) fluoride –
* Palladium sulfate –
* Palladium tetrafluoride –
Phosphorus, P
* Diphosphorus tetrachloride –
* Diphosphorus tetrafluoride –
* Diphosphorus tetraiodide –
* Hexachlorophosphazene –
* Phosphine –
* Phosphomolybdic acid –
* Phosphoric acid –
* Phosphorous acid (Phosphoric(III) acid) –
* Phosphoryl nitride, Phosphoroyl nitride – NPO
* Phosphorus pentabromide –
* Phosphorus pentafluoride –
* Phosphorus pentasulfide –
* Phosphorus pentoxide –
* Phosphorus sesquisulfide –
* Phosphorus tribromide
Phosphorus tribromide is a colourless liquid with the formula P Br3. The liquid fumes in moist air due to hydrolysis and has a penetrating odour. It is used in the laboratory for the conversion of alcohols to alkyl bromides.
Preparation
PBr3 ...
–
* Phosphorus trichloride
Phosphorus trichloride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula PCl3. A colorless liquid when pure, it is an important industrial chemical, being used for the manufacture of phosphites and other organophosphorus compounds. It is toxi ...
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* Phosphorus trifluoride –
* Phosphorus triiodide –
* Phosphotungstic acid –
* Poly(dichlorophosphazene) –
Platinum, Pt
* Platinum(II) chloride
Platinum(II) chloride is the chemical compound Pt Cl2. It is an important precursor used in the preparation of other platinum compounds. It exists in two crystalline forms, but the main properties are somewhat similar: dark brown, insoluble in wa ...
–
* Platinum(IV) chloride
Platinum(IV) chloride is the inorganic compound of platinum and chlorine with the empirical formula PtCl4. This brown solid features platinum in the 4+ oxidation state.
Structure
Typical of Pt(IV), the metal centers adopt an octahedral coordinati ...
–
* Platinum hexafluoride –
* Platinum pentafluoride –
* Platinum tetrafluoride –
Plutonium, Pu
* Plutonium(III) bromide –
* Plutonium(III) chloride
Plutonium(III) chloride is a chemical compound with the formula PuCl3. This ionic plutonium salt can be prepared by reacting the metal with hydrochloric acid.
Structure
Plutonium atoms in crystalline PuCl3 are 9 coordinate, and the structure is ...
–
* Plutonium(III) fluoride –
* Plutonium dioxide (Plutonium(IV) oxide) –
* Plutonium hexafluoride –
* Plutonium hydride –
* Plutonium tetrafluoride –
Polonium, Po
* Polonium hexafluoride –
* Polonium monoxide – PoO
* Polonium dioxide –
* Polonium trioxide –
Potassium, K
* Potash Alum –
* Potassium alum –
* Potassium aluminium fluoride –
* Potassium amide –
* Potassium argentocyanide –
* Potassium arsenite –
* Potassium azide –
* Potassium borate –
* Potassium bromide – KBr
* Potassium bicarbonate –
* Potassium bifluoride –
* Potassium bisulfite –
* Potassium carbonate –
* Potassium calcium chloride –
* Potassium chlorate –
* Potassium chloride – KCl
* Potassium chlorite –
* Potassium chromate –
* Potassium cyanide – KCN
* Potassium dichromate –
* Potassium dithionite –
* Potassium ferrate –
* Potassium ferrioxalate –
* Potassium ferricyanide –
* Potassium ferrocyanide –
* Potassium heptafluorotantalate –
* Potassium hexafluorophosphate –
* Potassium hydrogen carbonate –
* Potassium hydrogen fluoride –
* Potassium hydroxide – KOH
* Potassium iodide – KI
* Potassium iodate –
* Potassium manganate –
* Potassium monopersulfate –
* Potassium nitrate –
* Potassium perbromate –
* Potassium perchlorate –
* Potassium periodate –
* Potassium permanganate –
* Potassium sodium tartrate –
* Potassium sulfate –
* Potassium sulfite –
* Potassium sulfide –
* Potassium tartrate –
* Potassium tetraiodomercurate(II) –
* Potassium thiocyanate – KSCN
* Potassium titanyl phosphate –
* Potassium vanadate –
* Tripotassium phosphate –
Praseodymium, Pr
* Praseodymium(III) chloride –
* Praseodymium(III) sulfate –
* Praseodymium(III) bromide –
* Praseodymium(III) carbonate –
* Praseodymium(III) chloride –
* Praseodymium(III) fluoride –
* Praseodymium(III) iodide –
* Praseodymium(III) nitrate –
* Praseodymium(III) oxide –
* Praseodymium(III) phosphate –
* Praseodymium(III) sulfate –
* Praseodymium(III) sulfide –
Promethium, Pm
* Promethium(III) chloride –
* Promethium(III) oxide –
* Promethium(III) bromide –
* Promethium(III) carbonate –
* Promethium(III) chloride –
* Promethium(III) fluoride –
* Promethium(III) iodide –
* Promethium(III) nitrate –
* Promethium(III) oxide –
* Promethium(III) phosphate –
* Promethium(III) sulfate –
* Promethium(III) sulfide –
R
Radium, Ra
* Radium bromide –
* Radium carbonate –
* Radium chloride
Radium chloride (RaCl2) is a salt of radium and chlorine, and the first radium compound isolated in a pure state. Marie Curie and André-Louis Debierne used it in their original separation of radium from barium. The first preparation of radium me ...
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* Radium fluoride –
Radon, Rn
* Radon difluoride –
Rhenium, Re
* Rhenium(IV) oxide –
* Rhenium(VII) oxide –
* Rhenium heptafluoride –
* Rhenium hexafluoride –
Rhodium, Rh
* Rhodium hexafluoride –
* Rhodium pentafluoride –
* Rhodium(III) chloride
Rhodium(III) chloride refers to inorganic compounds with the formula RhCl3(H2O)''n'', where ''n'' varies from 0 to 3. These are diamagnetic solids featuring octahedral Rh(III) centres. Depending on the value of ''n'', the material is either a den ...
–
* Rhodium(III) hydroxide –
* Rhodium(III) iodide –
* Rhodium(III) nitrate –
* Rhodium(III) oxide –
* Rhodium(III) sulfate –
* Rhodium(III) sulfide –
* Rhodium(IV) fluoride –
* Rhodium(IV) oxide –
Rubidium, Rb
* Rubidium azide –
* Rubidium bromide – RbBr
* Rubidium chloride
Rubidium chloride is the chemical compound with the formula RbCl. This alkali metal halide salt is composed of rubidium and chlorine, and finds diverse uses ranging from electrochemistry to molecular biology.
Structure
In its gas phase, RbCl is d ...
– RbCl
* Rubidium fluoride – RbF
* Rubidium hydrogen sulfate –
* Rubidium hydroxide – RbOH
* Rubidium iodide – RbI
* Rubidium nitrate –
* Rubidium oxide –
* Rubidium telluride –
Ruthenium, Ru
* Ruthenium hexafluoride –
* Ruthenium pentafluoride –
* Ruthenium tetroxide, Ruthenium(VIII) oxide –
* Ruthenium(III) chloride –
* Ruthenium(IV) oxide –
S
Samarium, Sm
* Samarium(II) iodide –
* Samarium(III) chloride
Samarium(III) chloride, also known as samarium trichloride, is an inorganic compound of samarium and chloride. It is a pale yellow salt that rapidly absorbs water to form a hexahydrate, SmCl3.6H2O. The compound has few practical applications but i ...
–
* Samarium(III) oxide –
* Samarium(III) bromide –
* Samarium(III) carbonate –
* Samarium(III) chloride
Samarium(III) chloride, also known as samarium trichloride, is an inorganic compound of samarium and chloride. It is a pale yellow salt that rapidly absorbs water to form a hexahydrate, SmCl3.6H2O. The compound has few practical applications but i ...
–
* Samarium(III) fluoride –
* Samarium(III) iodide –
* Samarium(III) nitrate –
* Samarium(III) oxide –
* Samarium(III) phosphate –
* Samarium(III) sulfate –
* Samarium(III) sulfide –
Scandium, Sc
* Scandium(III) fluoride –
* Scandium(III) nitrate –
* Scandium(III) oxide –
* Scandium(III) triflate –
Selenium, Se
* Selenic acid –
* Selenious acid –
* Selenium dibromide –
* Selenium dioxide –
* Selenium disulfide –
* Selenium hexafluoride –
* Selenium hexasulfide –
* Selenium oxybromide –
* Selenium oxydichloride –
* Selenium tetrachloride
Selenium tetrachloride is the inorganic compound composed with the formula SeCl4. This compound exists as yellow to white volatile solid. It is one of two commonly available selenium chlorides, the other example being selenium monochloride, S ...
–
* Selenium tetrafluoride –
* Selenium trioxide –
* Selenoyl fluoride –
Silicon, Si
* Silane –
* Silica gel –
* Silicic acid –
* Silicochloroform, trichlorosilane –
* Silicofluoric acid –
* Silicon boride –
* Silicon carbide (carborundum) – SiC
* Silicon dioxide –
* Silicon monoxide – SiO
* Silicon nitride –
* Silicon tetrabromide –
* Silicon tetrachloride
Silicon tetrachloride or tetrachlorosilane is the inorganic compound with the formula SiCl4. It is a colourless volatile liquid that fumes in air. It is used to produce high purity silicon and silica for commercial applications.
Preparation
Silic ...
–
* Silicon tetrafluoride –
* Silicon tetraiodide –
* Thortveitite –
Silver, Ag
* Silver(I) fluoride – AgF
* Silver(II) fluoride –
* Silver acetylide –
* Silver argentocyanide –
* Silver azide –
* Silver bromate –
* Silver bromide
Silver bromide (AgBr) is a soft, pale-yellow, water-insoluble salt well known (along with other silver halides) for its unusual sensitivity to light. This property has allowed silver halides to become the basis of modern photographic materials. A ...
– AgBr
* Silver chlorate –
* Silver chloride
Silver chloride is a chemical compound with the chemical formula Ag Cl. This white crystalline solid is well known for its low solubility in water (this behavior being reminiscent of the chlorides of Tl+ and Pb2+). Upon illumination or heating, ...
– AgCl
* Silver chromate –
* Silver fluoroborate –
* Silver fulminate – AgCNO
* Silver hydroxide – AgOH
* Silver iodide – AgI
* Silver nitrate –
* Silver nitride –
* Silver oxide –
* Silver perchlorate
Silver perchlorate is the chemical compound with the formula AgClO4. This white solid forms a monohydrate and is mildly deliquescent. It is a useful source of the Ag+ ion, although the presence of perchlorate presents risks. It is used as a cata ...
–
* Silver permanganate –
* Silver phosphate (silver orthophosphate) –
* Silver subfluoride –
* Silver sulfate –
* Silver sulfide –
Sodium, Na
* Sodamide –
* Sodium aluminate –
* Sodium arsenate –
* Sodium azide –
* Sodium bicarbonate –
* Sodium biselenide – NaSeH
* Sodium bisulfate –
* Sodium bisulfite –
* Sodium borate –
* Sodium borohydride –
* Sodium bromate
Sodium bromate, the inorganic compound with the chemical formula of NaBrO3, is the sodium salt of bromic acid. It is a strong oxidant.
Uses
Sodium bromate is mainly used in continuous or batch dyeing processes involving sulfur or vat dyes and as ...
–
* Sodium bromide
Sodium bromide is an inorganic compound with the formula Na Br. It is a high-melting white, crystalline solid that resembles sodium chloride. It is a widely used source of the bromide ion and has many applications.Michael J. Dagani, Henry J. Ba ...
– NaBr
* Sodium bromite –
* Sodium carbide –
* Sodium carbonate –
* Sodium chlorate
Sodium chlorate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Na ClO3. It is a white crystalline powder that is readily soluble in water. It is hygroscopic. It decomposes above 300 °C to release oxygen and leaves sodium chloride. Sever ...
–
* Sodium chloride – NaCl
* Sodium chlorite
Sodium chlorite (NaClO2) is a chemical compound used in the manufacturing of paper and as a disinfectant.
Use
The main application of sodium chlorite is the generation of chlorine dioxide for bleaching and stripping of textiles, pulp, and pa ...
–
* Sodium cobaltinitrite –
* Sodium copper tetrachloride –
* Sodium cyanate – NaCNO
* Sodium cyanide – NaCN
* Sodium dichromate –
* Sodium dioxide –
* Sodium dithionite –
* Sodium ferrocyanide –
* Sodium fluoride – NaF
* Sodium fluorosilicate –
* Sodium formate – HCOONa
* Sodium hydride – NaH
* Sodium hydrogen carbonate (Sodium bicarbonate) –
* Sodium hydrosulfide – NaSH
* Sodium hydroxide – NaOH
* Sodium hypobromite – NaOBr
* Sodium hypochlorite
Sodium hypochlorite (commonly known in a dilute solution as bleach) is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula NaOCl (or NaClO), comprising a sodium cation () and a hypochlorite anion (or ). It may also be viewed as the sodium s ...
– NaOCl
* Sodium hypoiodite – NaOI
* Sodium hypophosphite –
* Sodium iodate –
* Sodium iodide – NaI
* Sodium manganate –
* Sodium molybdate –
* Sodium monofluorophosphate (MFP) –
* Sodium nitrate –
* Sodium nitrite –
* Sodium nitroprusside –
* Sodium oxide –
* Sodium perborate –
* Sodium perbromate –
* Sodium percarbonate –
* Sodium perchlorate
Sodium perchlorate is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula Na ClO4. It is a white crystalline, hygroscopic solid that is highly soluble in water and in alcohol. It is usually encountered as the monohydrate. The compound is noteworth ...
–
* Sodium periodate –
* Sodium permanganate –
* Sodium peroxide –
* Sodium peroxycarbonate –
* Sodium perrhenate –
* Sodium persulfate –
* Sodium phosphate; see trisodium phosphate –
* Sodium selenate –
* Sodium selenide –
* Sodium selenite –
* Sodium silicate –
* Sodium sulfate –
* Sodium sulfide –
* Sodium sulfite –
* Sodium tartrate –
* Sodium tellurite –
* Sodium tetrachloroaluminate –
* Sodium tetrafluoroborate –
* Sodium thioantimoniate –
* Sodium thiocyanate – NaSCN
* Sodium thiosulfate –
* Sodium tungstate –
* Sodium uranate –
* Sodium zincate – [ChemSpider ID:19990265]
* Trisodium phosphate –
Strontium, Sr
* Strontium bromide –
* Strontium carbonate –
* Strontium chloride
Strontium chloride (SrCl2) is a salt of strontium and chlorine.
It is a 'typical' salt, forming neutral aqueous solutions. As with all compounds of strontium, this salt emits a bright red colour in flame, and is commonly used in fireworks to that ...
–
* Strontium fluoride –
* Strontium hydroxide –
* Strontium iodide –
* Strontium nitrate –
* Strontium oxide – SrO
* Strontium titanate –
* Strontium bicarbonate –
* Strontium boride –
* Strontium bromide –
* Strontium carbide –
* Strontium carbonate –
* Strontium chloride
Strontium chloride (SrCl2) is a salt of strontium and chlorine.
It is a 'typical' salt, forming neutral aqueous solutions. As with all compounds of strontium, this salt emits a bright red colour in flame, and is commonly used in fireworks to that ...
–
* Strontium cyanamide –
* Strontium fluoride –
* Strontium fluorophosphate –
* Strontium gluconate –
* Strontium hydride –
* Strontium hydrogen phosphate –
* Strontium hydroxide –
* Strontium hypochlorite –
* Strontium iodide –
* Strontium molybdate –
* Strontium nitrate –
* Strontium oxalate –
* Strontium oxide – SrO
* Strontium peroxide –
* Strontium phosphate –
* Strontium silicate –
* Strontium sulfate –
* Strontium sulfide – SrS
* Strontium titanate –
* Strontium tungstate –
* Strontium zirconate –
Sulfur, S
* Disulfur decafluoride –
* Hydrogen sulfide (sulfane) –
* Pyrosulfuric acid –
* Sulfamic acid –
* Sulfur dibromide –
* Sulfur dioxide –
* Sulfur hexafluoride –
* Sulfur tetrafluoride –
* Sulfuric acid –
* Sulfurous acid –
* Sulfuryl chloride
Sulfuryl chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula SO2Cl2. At room temperature, it is a colorless liquid with a pungent odor. Sulfuryl chloride is not found in nature, as can be inferred from its rapid hydrolysis.
Sulfuryl chloride is ...
–
* Tetrasulfur tetranitride –
* Peroxymonosulfuric acid, Persulfuric acid (Caro's acid) –
T
Tantalum, Ta
* Tantalum arsenide – TaAs
* Tantalum carbide – TaC
* Tantalum pentafluoride –
* Tantalum(V) oxide –
Technetium, Tc
* Technetium hexafluoride –
* Ammonium pertechnetate –
* Sodium pertechnetate –
Tellurium, Te
* Ditellurium bromide –
* Telluric acid –
* Tellurium dioxide –
* Tellurium hexafluoride –
* Tellurium tetrabromide –
* Tellurium tetrachloride
Tellurium tetrachloride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula TeCl4. The compound is volatile, subliming at 200 °C at 0.1 mmHg. Molten TeCl4 is ionic, dissociating into TeCl3+ and Te2Cl102−.
Structure
TeCl4 is mon ...
–
* Tellurium tetrafluoride –
* Tellurium tetraiodide –
* Tellurous acid –
* Beryllium telluride – BeTe
* Bismuth telluride –
* Cadmium telluride
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a stable crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium. It is mainly used as the semiconducting material in cadmium telluride photovoltaics and an infrared optical window. It is usually sandwiched with ca ...
– CdTe
* Cadmium zinc telluride –
* Dimethyltelluride –
* Mercury Cadmium Telluride –
* Lead telluride – PbTe
* Mercury telluride – HgTe
* Mercury zinc telluride –
* Silver telluride –
* Tin telluride – SnTe
* Zinc telluride – ZnTe
* Teflic acid –
* Telluric acid –
* Sodium tellurite –
* Tellurium dioxide –
* Tellurium hexafluoride –
* Tellurium tetrafluoride –
* Tellurium tetrachloride
Tellurium tetrachloride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula TeCl4. The compound is volatile, subliming at 200 °C at 0.1 mmHg. Molten TeCl4 is ionic, dissociating into TeCl3+ and Te2Cl102−.
Structure
TeCl4 is mon ...
–
Terbium, Tb
* Terbium(III) chloride –
* Terbium(III) bromide –
* Terbium(III) carbonate –
* Terbium(III) chloride –
* Terbium(III) fluoride –
* Terbium(III) iodide –
* Terbium(III) nitrate –
* Terbium(III) oxide –
* Terbium(III) phosphate –
* Terbium(III) sulfate –
* Terbium(III) sulfide –
Thallium, Tl
* Thallium(I) bromide – TlBr
* Thallium(I) carbonate –
* Thallium(I) fluoride – TlF
* Thallium(I) sulfate –
* Thallium(III) oxide –
* Thallium(III) sulfate –
* Thallium triiodide –
* Thallium antimonide – TlSb
* Thallium arsenide – TlAs
* Thallium(III) bromide –
* Thallium(III) chloride –
* Thallium(III) fluoride –
* Thallium(I) iodide – TlI
* Thallium(III) nitrate –
* Thallium(I) oxide –
* Thallium(III) oxide –
* Thallium phosphide – TlP
* Thallium(III) selenide –
* Thallium(III) sulfate –
* Thallium(III) sulfide –
* TrimethylThallium –
* Thallium(I) hydroxide – TlOH
SO
* Thionyl chloride
Thionyl chloride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a moderately volatile, colourless liquid with an unpleasant acrid odour. Thionyl chloride is primarily used as a chlorinating reagent, with approximately per year bein ...
–
* Thionyl tetrafluoride –
ClS
* Thiophosgene –
* Thiophosphoryl chloride –
Thorium, Th
* Thorium(IV) nitrate –
* Thorium(IV) sulfate –
* Thorium dioxide –
* Thorium tetrafluoride –
Thulium, Tm
* Thulium(III) bromide –
* Thulium(III) chloride
Thulium(III) chloride or thulium trichloride is as an inorganic salt composed of thulium and chlorine with the formula TmCl3. It forms yellow crystals. Thulium(III) chloride has the YCl3 ( AlCl3) layer structure with octahedral thulium ions.Well ...
–
* Thulium(III) oxide –
Tin, Sn
* Stannane –
* Tin(II) bromide
Tin(II) bromide is a chemical compound of tin and bromine with a chemical formula of SnBr2. Tin is in the +2 oxidation state. The stability of tin compounds in this oxidation state is attributed to the inert pair effect.
Structure and bonding
I ...
–
* Tin(II) chloride (stannous chloride) –
* Tin(II) fluoride –
* Tin(II) hydroxide –
* Tin(II) iodide –
* Tin(II) oxide – SnO
* Tin(II) sulfate –
* Tin(II) sulfide – SnS
* Tin(IV) bromide –
* Tin(IV) chloride
Tin(IV) chloride, also known as tin tetrachloride or stannic chloride, is an inorganic compound with the formula Sn Cl4. It is a colorless hygroscopic liquid, which fumes on contact with air. It is used as a precursor to other tin compounds. It w ...
–
* Tin(IV) fluoride –
* Tin(IV) iodide –
* Tin(IV) oxide –
* Tin(IV) sulfide –
* Tin(IV) cyanide –
* Tin selenide –
* Tin telluride – SnTe
Titanium, Ti
* Hexafluorotitanic acid –
* Titanium(II) chloride –
* Titanium(II) oxide – TiO
* Titanium(II) sulfide – TiS
* Titanium(III) bromide –
* Titanium(III) chloride
Titanium(III) chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula TiCl3. At least four distinct species have this formula; additionally hydrated derivatives are known. TiCl3 is one of the most common halides of titanium and is an important cataly ...
–
* Titanium(III) fluoride –
* Titanium(III) iodide –
* Titanium(III) oxide –
* Titanium(III) phosphide – TiP
* Titanium(IV) bromide (titanium tetrabromide) –
* Titanium(IV) carbide – TiC
* Titanium(IV) chloride (titanium tetrachloride) –
* Titanium(IV) hydride –
* Titanium(IV) iodide (titanium tetraiodide) –
* Titanium carbide – TiC
* Titanium diboride –
* Titanium dioxide (titanium(IV) oxide) –
* Titanium diselenide –
* Titanium disilicide –
* Titanium disulfide –
* Titanium nitrate –
* Titanium nitride – TiN
* Titanium perchlorate –
* Titanium silicon carbide –
* Titanium tetrabromide –
* Titanium tetrafluoride –
* Titanium tetraiodide –
TiO
* Titanyl sulfate –
Tungsten, W
* Tungsten(VI) chloride –
* Tungsten(VI) fluoride –
* Tungsten boride –
* Tungsten carbide – WC
* Tungstic acid –
* Tungsten hexacarbonyl –
U
Uranium, U
* Triuranium octaoxide (pitchblende or yellowcake) –
* Uranium hexafluoride –
* Uranium pentafluoride –
* Uranium sulfate –
* Uranium tetrachloride –
* Uranium tetrafluoride –
* Uranium(III) chloride –
* Uranium(IV) chloride –
* Uranium(V) chloride –
* Uranium hexachloride –
* Uranium(IV) fluoride –
* Uranium pentafluoride –
* Uranium(VI) fluoride –
* Uranyl peroxide –
* Uranium dioxide –
UO2
* Uranyl carbonate –
* Uranyl chloride
Uranyl chloride refers to inorganic compounds with the formula UO2Cl2(H2O)n where n = 0, 1, or 3. These are yellow-colored solids.
Synthesis and structures
The hydrates are obtained by dissolving uranyl sulfate or uranyl acetate in hydrochloric ...
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* Uranyl fluoride –
* Uranyl hydroxide –
* Uranyl hydroxide –
* Uranyl nitrate –
* Uranyl sulfate –
V
Vanadium, V
* Vanadium(II) chloride –
* Vanadium(II) oxide – VO
* Vanadium(III) bromide –
* Vanadium(III) chloride –
* Vanadium(III) fluoride –
* Vanadium(III) nitride – VN
* Vanadium(III) oxide –
* Vanadium(IV) chloride –
* Vanadium(IV) fluoride –
* Vanadium(IV) oxide –
* Vanadium(IV) sulfate –
* Vanadium(V) oxide –
* Vanadium carbide – VC
* Vanadium oxytrichloride (Vanadium(V) oxide trichloride) –
* Vanadium pentafluoride –
* Vanadium tetrachloride –
* Vanadium tetrafluoride –
W
* Water (molecule), Water –
X
Xenon, Xe
* Perxenate#Perxenic acid, Perxenic acid –
* Xenon difluoride –
* Xenon hexafluoride –
* Xenon hexafluoroplatinate –
* Xenon tetrafluoride –
* Xenon tetroxide –
* Xenic acid –
Y
Ytterbium, Yb
* Ytterbium(III) chloride –
* Ytterbium(III) oxide –
* Ytterbium(III) sulfate –
* Ytterbium(III) bromide –
* Ytterbium(III) carbonate –
* Ytterbium(III) chloride –
* Ytterbium(III) fluoride –
* Ytterbium(III) iodide –
* Ytterbium(III) nitrate –
* Ytterbium(III) oxide –
* Ytterbium(III) phosphate –
* Ytterbium(III) sulfate –
* Ytterbium(III) sulfide –
Yttrium, Y
* Yttrium(III) antimonide – YSb
* Yttrium(III) arsenate –
* Yttrium(III) arsenide – YAs
* Yttrium(III) bromide –
* Yttrium(III) fluoride –
* Yttrium(III) oxide –
* Yttrium(III) nitrate –
* Yttrium(III) sulfide –
* Yttrium(III) sulfate –
* Yttrium aluminium garnet –
* Yttrium barium copper oxide –
* Yttrium cadmium – YCd
* Yttrium copper – YCu
* Yttrium gold – YAu
* Yttrium iridium – YIr
* Yttrium iron garnet –
* Yttrium magnesium – YMg
* Yttrium phosphate –
* Yttrium phosphide – YP
* Yttrium rhodium – YRh
* Yttrium silver – YAg
* Yttrium zinc – YZn
Z
Zinc, Zn
* Zinc arsenide –
* Zinc bromide
Zinc bromide ( Zn Br2) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Zn Br2. It is a colourless salt that shares many properties with zinc chloride (ZnCl2), namely a high solubility in water forming acidic solutions, and good solubility in o ...
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* Zinc carbonate –
* Zinc chloride
Zinc chloride is the name of inorganic chemical compounds with the formula ZnCl2 and its hydrates. Zinc chlorides, of which nine crystalline forms are known, are colorless or white, and are highly soluble in water. This salt is hygroscopic and e ...
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* Zinc cyanide –
* Zinc diphosphide –
* Zinc fluoride –
* Zinc iodide –
* Zinc nitrate –
* Zinc oxide – ZnO
* Zinc phosphide –
* Zinc pyrophosphate –
* Zinc selenate –
* Zinc selenide – ZnSe
* Zinc selenite –
* Zinc selenocyanate –
* Zinc sulfate –
* Zinc sulfide – ZnS
* Zinc sulfite –
* Zinc telluride – ZnTe
* Zinc thiocyanate –
* Zinc tungstate –
Zirconium, Zr
* Zirconia hydrate –
* Zirconium boride –
* Zirconium carbide – ZrC
* Zirconium(IV) chloride –
* Zirconium(IV) oxide –
* Zirconium hydroxide –
* Zirconium orthosilicate –
* Zirconium nitride – ZrN
* Zirconium tetrafluoride –
* Zirconium tetrahydroxide –
* Zirconium tungstate –
* Zirconyl bromide –
* Zirconyl chloride –
* Zirconyl nitrate –
* Zirconyl sulfate –
* Zirconium carbide – ZrC
* Zirconium dioxide –
* Zirconium nitride – ZrN
* Zirconium tetrachloride –
* Zirconium(IV) sulfide –
* Zirconium(IV) silicide –
* Zirconium(IV) silicate –
* Zirconium(IV) fluoride –
* Zirconium(IV) bromide –
* Zirconium(IV) iodide –
* Zirconium(IV) hydroxide –
* Schwartz's reagent –
* Zirconium propionate –
* Zirconium tungstate –
* Zirconium(II) hydride –
* Lead zirconate titanate –
See also
* Dictionary of chemical formulas
* List of alchemical substances
* List of biomolecules
* List of compounds
* List of copper salts
* List of inorganic compounds named after people
* List of minerals
* List of organic compounds
* List of organic salts
* Named inorganic compounds
* Polyatomic ions
References
External links
Inorganic Molecules made thinkable
an interactive visualisation showing inorganic compounds for an array of common metal and non-metal ions
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Lists of chemical compounds, Inorganic
Chemistry-related lists, Inorganic Compounds
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