Ammonium persulfate – an inorganic compound

Ammonium persulfate – an inorganic compound

Ammonium persulfate (APS) is the inorganic compound with the formula (NH4)2S2O8. It appears as a white crystalline solid. It is a colorless (white) salt that…
Sodium percarbonate – a chemical substance

Sodium percarbonate – a chemical substance

Sodium percarbonate, also called sodium carbonate peroxide, is an inorganic salt that typically appears as a colorless, crystalline solid. It is a chemical substance with…
Sodium perborate – a chemical compound

Sodium perborate – a chemical compound

Sodium perborate is an activating and recharging agent for textiles—it converts carboxylate groups of polycarboxylate coatings on cellulose into peroxocarboxylates. It is a chemical compound…
Sodium metaborate – a colorless solid chemical compound

Sodium metaborate – a colorless solid chemical compound

Sodium metaborate is an inorganic sodium salt having metaborate as the counterion. It is a colorless solid chemical compound of sodium, boron, and oxygen with…
Chloroacetic acid – an organochlorine compound

Chloroacetic acid – an organochlorine compound

Chloroacetic acid is a chlorocarboxylic acid that is acetic acid carrying a 2-chloro substituent. It industrially known as monochloroacetic acid (MCA), is the organochlorine compound…
Potassium Acetate – the potassium salt of acetic acid

Potassium Acetate – the potassium salt of acetic acid

Potassium Acetate is the acetate salt form of potassium, an essential macromineral. Its chemical formula is CH3COOK. It is the potassium salt of acetic acid.…
Barium oxide – a white hygroscopic non-flammable compound

Barium oxide – a white hygroscopic non-flammable compound

Barium oxide is a white hygroscopic non-flammable compound. It appears as a white to yellow powder. It is also called Barium monoxide or Barium protoxide…
Copper(I) oxide – an inorganic compound

Copper(I) oxide – an inorganic compound

Copper(I) oxide, also known as cuprous oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula Cu2O.  It is covalent in nature. It is one of the…
Lithium bromide – a chemical compound of lithium and bromine

Lithium bromide – a chemical compound of lithium and bromine

Lithium bromide (LiBr) is a chemical compound of lithium and bromine. It is an extremely hygroscopic chemical commonly used in absorption chillers, where water is…
Copper hydroxide – the hydroxide of copper

Copper hydroxide – the hydroxide of copper

Copper hydroxide is the hydroxide of copper with the chemical formula of Cu(OH)2. It is also called cupric hydroxide is a pale blue precipitate produced…
Hydroxylammonium Sulfate (Properties, Uses)

Hydroxylammonium Sulfate (Properties, Uses)

Colorless crystals of hydroxylammonium sulfate (NH3OH)2SO4, or HS, are soluble in water and only slightly soluble in alcohol. On the skin, the solution has a…
Tin oxide – an off-white crystalline solid or powder

Tin oxide – an off-white crystalline solid or powder

Tin oxide (SnO2) nanoparticles are available in the form of faceted high surface area diamagnetic oxide nanostructures. It appears as a white or off-white crystalline…
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