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- Phosgene is the chemical compound with the formula COCl2. This highly toxic gas gained infamy as a chemical weapon during World War I, but it ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 22:44, 28 March 2023
- The term carotene refers to a class of related organic compounds with the formula C40H56. Carotenes exist in several isomers that have the same ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (August 30, 1852 - March 1, 1911), a Dutch physical and organic chemist, was the first to propose a three-dimensional ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 17:33, 9 March 2022
- Activated carbon (also called active carbon, activated charcoal, or activated coal) is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- Pyruvic acid (C3H4O3 (CH3COCO2H)) is a three-carbon, keto acid that plays an important role in biochemical processes. At the pH levels of the ...14 KB (1,901 words) - 15:37, 18 June 2015
- Calanoida Cyclopoida Gelyelloida Harpacticoida Misophrioida Monstrilloida Mormonilloida Platycopioida Poecilostomatoida Siphonostomatoida ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- In chemistry, an amide is one of two kinds of compounds: * the organic functional group characterized by a carbonyl group (C=O) linked to a nitrogen ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 06:58, 25 July 2023
- Polyester is the name for a class of polymers that contain the ester functional group in their main chain. Although some types of polyesters ...8 KB (1,111 words) - 17:38, 9 October 2021
- Atmospheric chemistry involves study of the chemistry of the atmospheres of Earth and other planets. It is a branch of atmospheric science and ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- Charcoal is the blackish material consisting mainly of carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from plant matter (such ...15 KB (2,216 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- An alloy is the combination of metal with other chemical elements (metallic or nonmetallic), forming a solution or chemical compound that retains ...17 KB (2,388 words) - 08:10, 23 July 2023
- Ether is the general name for a class of organic chemical compounds characterized by molecules that contain an ether functional group—an oxygen ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 04:31, 22 March 2024
- Fructose (or levulose) is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) with the same chemical formula as glucose (C6H12O6) but a different atomic arrangement ...12 KB (1,703 words) - 09:20, 21 June 2021
- Purine is a heterocyclic, aromatic, organic compound, consisting of a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. Heterocyclic compounds are ...7 KB (928 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- In organic chemistry, functional groups (or moieties) are specific groups of atoms within molecules, that are responsible for the characteristic ...13 KB (1,621 words) - 07:19, 15 April 2024
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- Photosynthesis is the conversion of the energy of sunlight into chemical energy by living organisms. In most cases, the raw materials are carbon ...27 KB (4,019 words) - 05:05, 24 November 2022
- The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of the chemical elements. It is perhaps the icon of Chemistry and expresses ...13 KB (1,942 words) - 00:40, 24 November 2022
- A giant star is a star with substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature. It is, therefore ...9 KB (1,364 words) - 18:58, 21 May 2024
- Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound that is found as a gas in the Earth's atmosphere. It consists of simple molecules, each of which has ...34 KB (5,140 words) - 19:07, 26 November 2023
