Ammonia (NH3): properties, production, uses, and safety Ammonia Ammonia (NH3) is a colorless, pungent gas of nitrogen and hydrogen. This article describes its chemical nature, properties, industrial production, major uses, and safety and enviro…
Ammonium dichromate Ammonium dichromate ((NH4)2Cr2O7) is an orange-red inorganic oxidizer used in laboratory oxidations and classic 'volcano' demonstrations; it is highly toxic and a known carcinogen.
Andrzej Wincenty Górski — Polish inorganic chemist and textbook author Andrzej Wincenty Górski Profile of Andrzej W. Górski (1920–2017), Polish professor of inorganic chemistry, researcher on chemical systematics and author of influential university textbooks used in Poland.
Antimony triiodide (SbI3): properties, preparation, uses, and safety Antimony triiodide Antimony triiodide (SbI3) is a molecular inorganic compound of antimony in the +3 oxidation state and iodide. This article covers its properties, structure, preparation, applicatio…
Arsenic tribromide (AsBr3): properties, preparation and safety Arsenic tribromide Arsenic tribromide (AsBr3) is an inorganic molecular compound of arsenic and bromine. This article covers its structure, preparation, reactivity, uses in synthesis, and important s…
Arsenic trioxide (As2O3): properties, uses, history and safety Arsenic trioxide Arsenic trioxide (As2O3), also called white arsenic, is an industrial and medicinal compound containing arsenic in the +3 oxidation state. It is highly toxic and environmentally si…
Barium peroxide (BaO2) Barium peroxide Barium peroxide is an inorganic oxidizing solid containing the peroxide ion. It has laboratory and historical uses as an oxygen source and in peroxide production; it is reactive an…
Barium sulfate (BaSO4) Barium sulfate A dense, white, water‑insoluble inorganic compound (BaSO4) used as a radiopaque contrast agent in medicine and as an inert filler in paints, plastics and industrial products.
Bismuth(III) sulfide (Bi2S3) Bismuth(III) sulfide Bismuth(III) sulfide (Bi2S3) is an inorganic compound and the main bismuth sulfide mineral. It is a dark, insoluble solid studied as an ore and as a narrow-band-gap semiconductor f…
Chromium(II) oxide (CrO) Chromium(II) oxide Chromium(II) oxide, CrO, is the monoxide of chromium. It is a less-stable chromium oxide that acts as a reducing agent, readily oxidizes to Cr2O3, and is encountered mainly in spec…
Cobalt(III) fluoride (CoF3) Cobalt(III) fluoride Cobalt(III) fluoride (CoF3) is a brown, crystalline inorganic compound used as a fluorinating oxidant. It contains cobalt in the +3 state and reacts violently with moisture to prod…
Cobalt(III) oxide (Co2O3) Cobalt(III) oxide Cobalt(III) oxide (Co2O3) is an inorganic cobalt oxide containing cobalt in the +3 oxidation state. It is less common and less stable than other cobalt oxides and is used mainly as…
