Inorganic chemistry

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.