Chemistry

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Oxidizing agent

Oxygen

Oxygen

Oxygen (element O)

Oxygen (O, atomic number 8) is a reactive nonmetal essential for respiration, a major part of Earth's crust and atmosphere, and widely used in industry, medicine, and propulsion.

Oxygen difluoride

Oxygen difluoride (OF2)

Oxygen saturation

Oxygen saturation: dissolved oxygen in water and oxygenation in blood

Ozone

Palladium

Palladium

Paraffin wax

Paris green

Patina

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Pentane

Pentane: properties, isomers, uses and safety

Pentene

Pentene (C5H10): isomers, properties and industrial uses

Pepper spray

Peptide bond

Peptide bond (amide linkage between amino acids)

Perbromate

Perbromate (BrO4−): properties, preparation and significance

Perbromic acid

Perchlorate

Perchlorate (ClO4−): chemistry, uses, health and environmental issues

Perchloric acid

Pericyclic reaction

Period (periodic table)

Period (periodic table row)

Period 1 element

Period 1 elements — hydrogen and helium

Period 2 element

Period 2 elements (lithium through neon)

Period 3 element

Period 4 element

Period 4 elements (fourth row of the periodic table)

Period 5 element

Period 6 element

Period 7 element

Periodate

Periodic acid

Periodic table

Periodic table (big)

Periodic table (metals and non-metals)

Permanganate

Permanganate (MnO4⁻): properties, reactions, uses and safety

Peroxide

Peroxide (O2 2−) — structure, types, uses and safety

Petrochemical

Petrochemical: Definition, Feedstocks, Processes and Uses

Petroleum coke

Petroleum coke (petcoke)

Petroleum product

Pewter

pH

pH: measure of acidity and alkalinity

Pharmaceutical chemistry

Pharmaceutical chemistry (medicinal chemistry): an overview

Phase change

Phase change (changes of state of matter)

Phenol

Phlogiston theory

Phlogiston theory: the historical chemical hypothesis of combustion

Phosgene

Phosgene (carbonyl chloride): properties, history and industrial uses

Phosgene oxime

Phosgene oxime (CX)

Phosphate

Phosphate: chemistry, biological role, types, and uses

Phosphide

Phosphide — chemistry, structure, reactions and applications

Phosphine

Phosphine (PH3) — properties, production, uses, and safety