Zinc Arsenide – a Binary Compound Zinc arsenide (Zn3As2) is a binary compound of zinc with arsenic which forms gray tetragonal crystals. It is a chemical compound of zinc and arsenic.…
The Radioactive Glassware That Could Be Hiding In Plain Sight While glass that fluoresces brilliant green in UV light is perhaps the ideal yard sale discovery, snoopers may have unwittingly passed on a uranium glass…
Zinc Antimonide – an Inorganic Chemical Compound Zinc antimonide is a chemical compound that is inorganic. It has the chemical formula ZnSb and is a gray solid. Six intermetallics are present in…
Zinc Acetate – an acetate salt Zinc acetate is an acetate salt in which the cationic component is zinc(2+). It is a salt with the formula Zn(CH3CO)2, which is most commonly…
Zinc Sulfide – an Inorganic Compound Zinc sulfide, also known as ZnS, is an inorganic compound. It is a naturally occurring salt that serves as the primary source of zinc. This…
Scientists Use Protein from Plant Waste to Clean Heavy Metal Water A membrane formed from a waste byproduct of the production of vegetable oil was developed by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and…
Borate Oxalate – a Chemical Compound Borate oxalates are chemical compounds that contain the anions borate and oxalate. When the oxalate group is bound to the borate via oxygen, a more…
Oxalate – a Colorless Anion Oxalate is an anion having the molecular formula C2O42-. This dianion has no color. It is a naturally occurring molecule in plants and is also…
Researchers Create New-to-Nature Enzymes with a Stronger Approach Long-standing problems in synthetic chemistry can be solved by engineering enzymes to carry out processes not found in nature, such as converting plant-based oils into…
Researchers Create a Faster, Cheaper Method for Continuous Amine Production A quicker and less expensive method for generating hindered amines, a class of compounds used as building blocks in goods ranging from medicines and agrochemicals…
Easy and Versatile Synthesis of Lactone Molecules Made Possible by New Method Dicarboxylic acids are readily available and inexpensive compounds. Scripps Research chemists have developed a process to convert these chemicals into lactones, which have the potential…
Potassium Bicarbonate – an inorganic compound Potassium bicarbonate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula KHCO3. It’s a solid white color. It is a potassium salt that is the monopotassium…