Chemistry

Latten is an alloy of copper and zinc resembling brass, hammered into thin sheets, and used to make monumental brasses and church ornaments. The term…

Ammonium nitrate is the nitric acid ammonium salt; it is a chemical compound containing the chemical formula NH4NO3. At room temperature, it is a colorless…

Ion plating (IP) is the method by which substance coatings, typically a compound or metal, are deposited on target surface areas. It is an exciting…

A Bubbler cylinder is a component of a unit for the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). They are devices that are used for conveying electronic…

Mosaic gold is obtained as a yellow scaly crystalline powder and used as a pigment in bronzing and gilding wood and metalwork. It is also…

Chartalism is a non-mainstream monetary theory that defines money as a creation of the government that derives its value from its status as legal tender.…

Spelter is the most common commercial form of zinc metal. It is a zinc-lead alloy that ages to resemble bronze, but is softer and has…

Nitrogen trichloride, also known as trichloramine, is prepared by the absorption of chlorine gas into a slightly acid ammonium chloride solution. That is the chemical…

Carbonyl metallurgy is used to manufacture products of iron, nickel, steel, and other metals. Coatings are produced by vapor plating using metal carbonyl vapors. It…

The term ‘cast-iron’ covers a family of ferrous alloys. Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2%.…

Semi-steel is not actually a true form of steel by industry classification, but instead is a high-grade form of iron. Semi-steel casting is a lower-cost…

In crystallography one of the structural groups to which crystalline solids can be classified is the monoclinic crystal system. Three vectors define a crystal-system. Three…