Antimony Trifluoride – an Inorganic Compound Antimony trifluoride is an inorganic chemical with the formula SbF3. Swarts’ reagent is one of two major antimony fluorides, the other being SbF5. It appears…
Antimony Pentafluoride – an Inorganic Compound The inorganic chemical with the formula SbF5 is antimony pentafluoride. This colorless, viscous liquid is a useful Lewis acid and a component of the superacid…
Different Bacteria are Identified in Seconds Using a ‘Fingerprint’ Machine Learning Technique Bacterial identification can take hours, if not days, to complete, wasting valuable time for diagnosing diseases and choosing treatments. According to KAIST experts, there may…
Ammonium Polyphosphate – an Inorganic Salt Ammonium polyphosphate is an inorganic salt of polyphosphoric acid and ammonia that contains both chains as well as the possibility of branching. Its chemical formula…
New Fermentation Enzyme Research Will Reduce the Chemical Industry’s Carbon Footprint Enzymes are proteins with a lot of catalytic activity. These are made by almost all living things. Natural enzymes, on the other hand, are not…
Nickel Silver – a copper alloy with nickel Nickel silver is a copper alloy containing nickel and, in certain cases, zinc. The typical formulation consists of 60% copper, 20% nickel, and 20% zinc.…
In the Chemical Industry, an Alternative Process for Converting White Phosphorus Promises Greater Sustainability The chemical element phosphorous (P) is an essential component of all biological life and a function-giving component of a wide range of items, including medicines,…
Calamine Brass Calamine brass is brass that is made using a specific alloying technique that uses the zinc ore calamine directly rather than first refining it to…
Missing Building Blocks of Life on Earth Found On Meteorites Smaller dinosaurs seeded the earth with the components to develop life long before a space rock caused death on an unparalleled scale to the dinosaurs.…
Medieval Hand Grenades Found In Jerusalem Were Likely Used In Crusades Although the wielder was on the opposite side, Monty Python was closer to the truth than they realized when they alluded to the Holy Hand…
Perovskite Solar Cells with Excellent Efficiency and Stability Perovskites are a prominent possibility for eventually replacing silicon as the preferred material for solar panels. They have the promise for low-cost, low-temperature manufacture of…
Recycling CO2 and Developing More Efficient Drugs Tackling Two Issues With One Reaction A new approach that uses electricity to recycle CO2 while also executing a famously difficult reaction produces chemicals that could be valuable in drug development.…