Inorganic chemicals

Inorganic chemicals

A broad class of substances encompassing all those that do not include carbon and its derivatives as their principal elements, yet not excluding carbides, carbonates, cyanides, cyanates, and carbon disulfide.

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carbonate

Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic salts

A carbonate is a salt of carbonic acid, characterized by the presence of the carbonate ion. The name may also mean an ester of carbonic acid, an organic compound containing the ...