Cleopatra’s Perfume Has Been Recreated By Scientists – And It’s Spicy
Using a mix of historical recipes, chemical analysis, and trial and error, something like the scent Cleopatra used to make Julius Caesar and subsequently Marc…
Chemistry
Cadmium Fluoride – an Inorganic Salt
Cadmium fluoride (CdF2) is an inorganic salt that is used in the pharmaceutical industry and is an important source of cadmium. It is a cadmium…
Bromine Pentafluoride – an Interhalogen Compound
Bromine pentafluoride, (BrF5), is a bromine fluoride and an interhalogen compound. It has a high fluorinating power. It is used in the production of other…
Boron Trifluoride – an Inorganic Compound
Boron trifluoride, (BF3), is an inorganic compound. It has a strong odor and is colorless. In moist air, this pungent, colorless toxic gas emits white…
Aluminum Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Production from Water in a Simple and Efficient Way
Aluminum is a highly reactive metal capable of removing oxygen from water molecules and converting them to hydrogen gas. Aluminum’s ubiquitous use in wet-weather items…
Boron Monofluoride – a Chemical Compound
Boron monofluoride is a chemical compound with the formula BF, consisting of one boron atom and one fluorine atom. It was discovered as an unstable…
Bismuth(III) Fluoride – a Chemical Compound
Bismuth(III) fluoride or bismuth trifluoride is a chemical compound of bismuth and fluorine. The chemical formula is BiF3. It is a grey-white powder melting at…
Bismuth Pentafluoride – an Inorganic Compound
Bismuth pentafluoride, sometimes known as BiF5, is an inorganic chemical with the formula BiF5. It is a bismuth coordination entity and a pnictogen halide. It…
To Better Understand Chemical Reactions, Researchers are Bridging the Gap Across Disciplines
Researchers at Simon Fraser University have discovered new ways to understand and control chemical interactions. Physical Review Letters published the results of their interdisciplinary approach.…
Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions are Reduced by New Technology to Meet CARB 2027 NOx Requirements
The diesel fuel is injected under pressure into the engine cylinder, where it reacts with the air and ignites. The exhaust gases emitted by the…
Instead of a Positive-Negative Oscillation, Quantum Materials Emit Light as if it were Only a Positive Pulse
A laser pulse that works around light waves’ inherent symmetry could modify quantum information, bringing us closer to room temperature quantum computers. The discovery, which…
Plastic from End-of-Life Ford F-150 Trucks is Recycled into High-Value Graphene for New Vehicles Using the Flash Joule Heating Process
A portion of an old car that is converted to graphene could be repurposed as a superior part for a new vehicle. Rice University chemists…
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