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SnF<sub>2</sub> A white, lustrous powder; slightly soluble in water; used to fluoridate toothpaste and as a medicine.
Industry:Chemistry
NH<sub>4</sub>ClO<sub>4</sub> A salt that forms colorless or white rhombic and regular crystals, which are soluble in water; it decomposes at 150_C, and the reaction is explosive at higher temperatures.
Industry:Chemistry
SnS<sub>2</sub> A yellow-brown powder; insoluble in water, soluble in alkaline sulfides; decomposes at red heat; used as a pigment and for imitation gilding. Also known as artificial gold; mosaic gold; tin bisulfide.
Industry:Chemistry
SnBr<sub>4</sub> Water- and alcohol-soluble, white crystals that fume when exposed to air, and melt at 31_C; used in mineral separations. Also known as tin bromide; tin tetrabromide.
Industry:Chemistry
Fe<sub>2</sub> O<sub>3</sub> Red, hexagonal crystals or powder, insoluble in water and soluble in acids, melting at 1565_C; used as a catalyst and pigment for metal polishing, in metallurgy, and in medicine. Also known as ferric oxide red; jeweler’s rouge; red ocher.
Industry:Chemistry
A salt of perchloric acid containing the ClO<sub>4</sub> _ radical; for example, potassium perchlorate, KClO<sub>4</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
HClO<sub>4</sub> Strongly oxidizing, corrosive, colorless, hygroscopic liquid, boiling at 16_C (8 mmHg, or 1067 pascals); soluble in water; unstable in pure form, but stable when diluted in water; used in medicine, electrolytic baths, electropolishing, explosives, and analytical chemistry, and as a chemical intermediate. Also known as Fraude’s reagent.
Industry:Chemistry
A compound that is binary and has five atoms of oxygen; for example, phosphorus pentoxide, P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
SnO<sub>2</sub> A white powder; insoluble in water, soluble in concentrated sulfuric acid; melts at 1127_C; used in ceramic glazes and colors, special glasses, putty, and cosmetics, and as a catalyst. Also known as flowers of tin; stannic acid; stannic anhydride; tin dioxide; tin oxide; tin peroxide.
Industry:Chemistry
NH<sub>4</sub>OH A hydrate of ammonia, crystalline below _79_C; it is a weak base known only in solution as ammonia water. Also known as aqua ammonia.
Industry:Chemistry
