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Pb(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> Strongly oxidizing, poisonous, water- and alcoholsoluble white crystals that decompose at 205–223_C; used as a textile mordant, paint pigment, and photographic sensitizer and in medicines, matches, explosives, tanning, and engraving.
Industry:Chemistry
The spinning of an inorganic compound of an organic support or binder subsequently removed by oxidation or volatilization to form an inorganic polymer.
Industry:Chemistry
WOCl<sub>4</sub> Dark red crystals with a melting point of approximately 211_C; soluble in carbon disulfide; used for incandescent lamps.
Industry:Chemistry
CdF<sub>2</sub> A crystalline compound with a melting point of 1110_C; soluble in water and acids; used for electronic and optical applications and as a starting material for laser crystals.
Industry:Chemistry
Pb<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> A poisonous, white powder that melts at 1014_C; soluble in nitric acid and in fixed alkali hydroxide; used as a stabilizer in plastics.
Industry:Chemistry
Halogen compound of rhenium; examples are ReCl<sub>3</sub>, ReCl<sub>4</sub>, ReF<sub>4</sub>, and ReF<sub>6</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
H<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>4</sub> A yellow powder; insoluble in water, soluble in alkalies; used as a color-resist mordant for textiles, as an ingredient in plastics, and for the manufacture of tungsten metal products. Also known as orthotungstic acid; wolframic acid.
Industry:Chemistry
Cd(OH)<sub>2</sub> A white powder, soluble in dilute acids; used to prepare negative electrodes for cadmium-nickel storage batteries.
Industry:Chemistry
PbSiO<sub>3</sub> Toxic, insoluble white crystals; used in ceramics, paints, and enamels, and to fireproof fabrics. Also known as lead metasilicate.
Industry:Chemistry
RhCl<sub>3</sub> Water-insoluble, brown-red powder, soluble in cyanides and alkalies; decomposes at 450–500_C. Also known as rhodium trichloride.
Industry:Chemistry
