Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

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Inorganic chemistry

vanadium dichloride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

VCl 2 Toxic, green crystals, soluble in alcohol and ether; decomposes in hot water; used as a reducing agent. Also known as vanadous chloride.

calcium cyanide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Ca(CN) 2 In pure form, a white powder that gives off hydrogen cyanide in air at normal humidity; prepared commercially in impure black or gray flakes; used as an insecticide and rodenticide. Also ...

lithium halide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

A binary compound of lithium, LiX, where X is a halide; examples are lithium chloride, LiCl, and lithium fluoride, LiF.

scandium sulfide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

Sc 3 S 3 Yellowish powder; decomposes in dilute acids and boiling water to give off hydrogen sulfide.

vanadium oxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

A compound of vanadium with oxygen, for example, vanadium tetroxide (V 2 O 4 ), vanadium trioxide or sesquioxide (V 2 O 3 ), vanadium oxide (VO), and vanadium pentoxide (V 2 O 5 ).

calcium fluoride

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

CaF 2 Colorless, cubic crystals that are slightly soluble in water and soluble in ammonium salt solutions; used in etching glass and preparing hydrofluoric acid.

LiH Flammable, brittle, white, translucent crystals; decomposes in water; insoluble in ether, benzene, and toluene; used as a hydrogen source and desiccant, and to prepare lithium amide and double ...