Science

Ammonium ozonide is an oxygen rich molecule containing an ammonium cation (NH4+) and an ozonide anion (O3−). Ammonium ozonide, like alkali ozonides, is a red…

Sodium azide is an inorganic compound with the formula NaN3. This colorless salt is the gas-forming component in some car airbag systems. It’s primarily used…

Physicists have spent more than a century measuring and making sense of the strange ways that photons, electrons, and other subatomic particles interact at extremely…

Silver azide is the chemical compound with the formula AgN3. It is a silver(I) salt of hydrazoic acid. It forms a colorless crystals. Like most…

Barium azide is an inorganic azide with the formula Ba(N3)2. It is a barium salt of hydrazoic acid. Like all azides, it is explosive. It…

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalised from a heart attack or heart…

Chromium azide is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula Cr(N3)3. It is typically a coordination complex in which six azide ions (N₃⁻) coordinate to…

Calcium formate is the calcium salt of formic acid. It is also known as E238. Under this E number it is used as an animal…

The world of quantum physics is experiencing a second revolution, which will drive an exponential leap in the progress of computing, the internet, telecommunications, cybersecurity…

Patients with atrial fibrillation are typically prescribed an anticoagulant, or blood thinner, to reduce the risk of stroke, but many may discontinue them or never…

Nickel formate is the nickel salt of formic acid with the chemical formula Ni(HCOO)2. When heated, it can decompose to produce nickel oxide (NiO) and…

Magnesium formate is a magnesium salt of formic acid. It is an inorganic compound. It consists of a magnesium cation and formate anion. It can…