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  • soap. Today, potash (in the form of potassium oxide) is used mainly as a ... such as potassium chloride (KCl) or potassium oxide (K2O), to which the ...
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  • crown ethers are oligomers of ethylene oxide, the repeating unit being ... 18-crown-6 has high affinity for the potassium cation, 15-crown-5 for ...
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  • Potassium (chemical symbol K, atomic number 19) is a member of a group ... |potash fertilizer ||potassium oxide, ||K2O ...
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  • The chemical compound nitric oxide is a gas with formula NO. It is ... Nitric oxide (NO) should not be confused with nitrous oxide (N2O) ...
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  • contains traces of up to one percent of its oxide. Lepidolite contains 1.5 ... reacts violently in water. In common with potassium and cesium this reaction ...
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  • oxygen, chlorine, lithium, sodium, potassium, aluminum, sodium hydroxide ... in a solution of sodium chloride, iron oxide is produced at the anode ...
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  • is, they have a high content of magnesium oxide (more than 18 percent MgO ... Their silica content is less than 45 percent, and their potassium ...
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  • Various chromium compounds, such as chromium(III) oxide and lead chromate ... acid, he was able to produce chromium oxide, with the chemical formula ...
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  • the melt in silicon, aluminum, and potassium (the major constituents ... * Potassium oxide (K2O) — 4.11% * Sodium oxide (Na2O) — 3.48% ...
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  • VI) reagent and acidified solution of potassium dichromate, which is reduced ... acid. Suitable oxidizing agents include potassium permanganate, nitric acid ...
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  • #039;s crust, can be subdivided into potassium feldspars and plagioclase ... , halite (sodium chloride), sylvite (potassium chloride), and sal ammoniac ...
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  • Capacitors made with tantalum and its oxide are widely used in portable ... such as: (a) electrolysis of molten potassium fluorotantalate; (b) reduction ...
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  • superconductor (yttrium barium copper oxide, or YBCO). Two of its compounds ... in 1794. He isolated an impure form of its oxide, yttria (Y2O3), from one ...
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  • occurs mainly in the form of a black-brown oxide (MnO2), which was used as ... component of certain dry cell batteries. Potassium permanganate is a potent ...
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  • 2(strongly basic oxide) 1.00 589.8 | 1145.4 | 4912.4 180 ... is used in construction materials; calcium oxide is used for treating water ...
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  • baseball bats, and firearms. Scandium oxide is used to make high-intensity ... produced about two grams of a very pure scandium oxide (Sc2O3). ...
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  • lamp filaments. Impure zirconia (zirconium oxide) is used for heat-resistant ... the Moon have a high content of zirconium oxide relative to that in terrestrial ...
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  • it forms an unstable compound, bromine(IV) oxide (BrO2). When dissolved in ... *potassium bromide (KBr) *potassium bromate (KBrO3) *silver bromide (AgBr) ...
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  • its pure form in nature. In addition, its oxide reacts with water and carbon ... porcelain, bricks, and cement. Barium oxide is used for coating cathodes ...
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  • used for cleaning clogs and sink drains. Potassium hydroxide, also called ... * Potassium hydroxide (KOH) * Barium hydroxide (Ba(OH)2) ...
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  • materials and gamma ray detectors. Thallium oxide has been used to manufacture ... exists mostly in association with potassium minerals in clays, soils ...
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  • solvents than most carbonates such as potassium carbonate. It is therefore ... hydroxides such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. It can corrode glass. ...
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  • easily soluble elements such as sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and ... * A very iron-rich nickel limonite or nickel oxide ore at the surface ...
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  • it is converted to its yellowish oxide when exposed to air. Classified ... of melted strontium chloride mixed with potassium chloride. The reactions ...
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  • agent used in liquid-fueled rockets, potassium nitrate is used in gunpowder ... compounds, saltpeter (sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate) was used in gunpowder ...
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  • with the preferential formation of nitrogen oxide (NO). ... dioxide for concentrated acid and nitrogen oxide for dilute acid. ...
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  • through the agency of lead and saltpeter (potassium nitrate). ... by distilling a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), copper vitriol ...
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  • the elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium ... With potassium as an example: : 2{K}_{(s)} + 2{H_2O}_{(l)} \to 2{KOH}_{ ...
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  • workers reduced the anhydrous chloride with potassium vapor. ... *Erbium oxide has a pink color and is sometimes used as a colorant ...
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  • mineral perovskite followed by the magnesium/iron oxide ferropericlase I. Kantor, L. Dubrovinsky, and C. McCammon. 2007. [http://www.cosis.net/abstract ...
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  • quot;), such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide * Dehydrating agents, such as phosphorus pentoxide or calcium oxide ...
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  • self-healing, protective layer of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) on the surface. Tin ... * Magnox (magnesium oxide) * Zamak (zinc, magnesium, copper) ...
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  • and ilmenite. Because of the presence of such oxide minerals, basalt can acquire strong magnetic signatures as it cools, and paleomagnetic studies ...
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  • transported through cell membranes, and potassium ions are involved in the ... elements (including aluminum, sodium, potassium, and chlorine), and the ...
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  • later performed electrolysis on lithium oxide in 1818. Robert Bunsen and ... of fused (molten) lithium chloride and potassium chloride. Chile is currently ...
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  • was made from sand, plant ash, and lime (calcium oxide). ... more readily available material: potash (potassium carbonate), obtained from ...
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  • orange (potassium dichromate), red (mercury sulfide), mauve (cobalt ... green (nickel oxide), colorless (magnesium sulfate), white, and ...
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  • nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium), the secondary plant nutrients ... and potassium is reported as potash or potassium oxide (K2O), which is the ...
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  • might then be heated to convert it into the oxide (CaO). It is vital that the ... A chunk of ore is treated with concentrated nitric acid and potassium ...
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  • | [[Image:Ethylene oxide chemical structure.png|50px|Chemical structure ... | Ethylene oxide |It is the smallest cyclic ether and is mainly used ...
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  • * Saponification: When an alkali (such as sodium hydroxide or potassium ... *Glycerol is the initiator to which propylene oxide/ethylene oxide is added ...
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  • microscopic integrated circuits. Beryllium oxide is useful for applications ... Beryllium was discovered by Louis Vauquelin in 1798, as the oxide ...
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  • solubility in these solvents than does potassium hydroxide. It is insoluble ... to create carbon dioxide and sodium oxide. This method is still occasionally ...
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  • −2, −1(neutral oxide) 3.44 1313.9 | 3388.3 | 5300.5 ... niter (or saltpeter, the mineral form of potassium nitrate). ...
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  • the intoxicating effects of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing ... batteries to the decomposition of potassium and sodium salts, and succeeded ...
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  • these compounds decompose to iron(II) oxide and copper(II) oxide, respectively ... burning sulfur together with saltpeter (potassium nitrate, KNO3), in the ...
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  • the electrolysis of a mixture of molten potassium fluoride and hydrofluoric ... *Potassium fluoride (KF) *Radon difluoride (RnF2) *Silver(I) fluoride (AgF) ...
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  • which white pigment, consisting of titanium oxide, is used, are correction ... Justin Kroll. In the Kroll process, the oxide is first converted to chloride ...
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  • the U.S. at state fairs. This system used potassium hydroxide as the electrolyte ... |Aqueous alkaline solution (e.g.potassium hydroxide) | |style="background: ...
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  • this by heating boric acid with potassium metal, the insoluble portion of the reactants being the radical. They continued their research through ...
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