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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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chrome yellow
Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments
Chrome Yellow is a natural yellow pigment made of lead(II) chromate (PbCrO4). It was first extracted from the mineral crocoite by the French chemist Louis Vauquelin in ...
chrome orange
Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments
Chrome orange, also known as chrome red, is an orange pigment which consists of lead(II) chromate and lead(II) oxide. (PbCrO4 and PbO). Chrome orange can be made by precipitating ...
cerulean
Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments
This term may be applied to a range of colors from deep blue, sky-blue, bright blue or azure color through greenish blue colors. The first recorded use of cerulean as a color name ...
lead tetroxide
Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments
Lead tetroxide, also called minium, red lead or triplumbic tetroxide, is a bright red or orange crystalline or amorphous pigment. Chemically, red lead is lead tetroxide, Pb3O4, or ...
lithophone
Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments
Lithophone is a white pigment consisting of a mixture of barium sulfate and zinc sulfide. It is used in interior paints and in some enamels. It is a valuable pigment that is ...
manganese dioxide
Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments
Manganese(IV) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula MnO2. This blackish or brown solid occurs naturally as the mineral pyrolusite, which is the main ore of manganese ...
marking blue
Inorganic chemicals; Inorganic pigments
Marking blue is made by mixing methylated spirits with shellac and gentian violet. This is not to be confused with engineer's blue, made by mixing Prussian Blue with oil. Marking ...
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