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Inorganic chemistry
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Inorganic chemistry
potassium iodide
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
KI Water- and alcohol-soluble, white crystals with saline taste; melts at 686_C; used in medicine and photography, and as an analytical reagent.
thorium fluoride
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
ThF 4 A white, toxic powder, melts at 1111_C; used to make thorium metal and magnesium-thorium alloys and in high-temperature ceramics.
bismuth chloride
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
BiCl 3 A deliquescent material that melts at 230–232_C and decomposes in water to form the oxychloride; used to make bismuth salts. Also known as bismuth trichloride.
iodonium
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
A halonium ion such as H 2 I+ or R 2 I+; it may be open-chain or cyclic.
potassium manganate
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
K 2 MnO 4 Water-soluble dark-green crystals, decomposing at 190_C; used as an analytical reagent, bleach, oxidizing agent, disinfectant, mordant for dyeing wool and in photography, printing, and ...
thorium nitrate
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
Th(NO 3 ) 4 _4H 2 O Explosive white crystals soluble in water and alcohol, strong oxidizer; the anhydrous form decomposes at 500_C; used in medicine and as an analytical reagent.
bismuth chromate
Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry
Bi 2 O 3 _Cr 2 O 3 An orange-red powder, soluble in alkalies and acids; used as a pigment.
