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The strategic source of hydrocarbons is heavy crude oil (or extra-heavy crude oil), as its reserves are of the same scale as those of conventional…

A fine example of Persian art, culture, and architecture, the Golestan Palace (Persian: کاخ گلستان‎, Kākh-e Golestān) is the former royal Qajar complex in the…

Selenium tetrachloride is a white-yellow deliquescent powder/pieces in appearance with a pungent/ garlic odor. It is the inorganic compound composed of the formula SeCl4. SeCl4…

One of the most useful industrial sodium compounds is sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye and caustic soda. It is one of the household…

Mundite is an orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium. It is a uranium phosphate mineral with chemical formula: Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O). It contains aluminum…

Oil sands are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit, often referred to as tar sands, crude bitumen or more technically bituminous sands. Oil sands are…

Murdochite is an isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, copper, lead, and oxygen. It is a mineral combining lead and copper oxides with the formula…

Molybdenum tetrachloride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula MoCl4. This thermally unstable, dark green solid is used to prepare other complexes of molybdenum.…

“World Meteorological Day” takes place each year on 23rd March and remembers the coming into power on 23rd March 1950 of the Convention building up…

Polyaspartic acid (PASA) is a polymerized amino acid that is biodegradable and water-soluble. It has many distinctive features that can be exploited for a number…

The micrometre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American spelling), also called micron, metric…

Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic substances found under varying conditions and in different types of geological environments. It is broadly classified into two categories, i.e.…