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(NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>SiF<sub>6</sub> A toxic, white, crystalline powder; soluble in alcohol and water; used for mothproofing, glass etching, and electroplating. Also known as ammonium silicofluoride.
Industry:Chemistry
Commerical name for a crystallized grade of calcium sulfate; used as a paper filler.
Industry:Chemistry
NH<sub>4</sub>OH A hydrate of ammonia, crystalline below _79_C; it is a weak base known only in solution as ammonia water. Also known as aqua ammonia.
Industry:Chemistry
NH<sub>4</sub>I A salt prepared from ammonia and hydrogen iodide or iodine; it forms colorless, regular crystals which sublime when heated; used in photography and for pharmaceutical preparations.
Industry:Chemistry
An unstable compound of a strong base and ferric oxide which exists in alkaline solution, such as NaFeO<sub>2</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
(NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>MoO<sub>4</sub> White, crystalline salt used as an analytic reagent, as a precipitant of phosphoric acid, and in pigments.
Industry:Chemistry
A compound that is binary and has five atoms of oxygen; for example, phosphorus pentoxide, P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
SnBr<sub>2</sub> A yellow powder; soluble in water, alcohol, acetone, ether, and dilute hydrochloric acid; browns in air; melts at 215_C. Also known as tin bromide.
Industry:Chemistry
NH<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>3</sub> A colorless crystalline salt; very insensitive and stable high explosive; also used as a fertilizer.
Industry:Chemistry
