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LiOH; LiOH_H<sub>2</sub>O Colorless crystals; used as a storagebattery electrolyte, as a carbon dioxide absorbent, and in lubricating greases and ceramics.
Industry:Chemistry
M<sub>2</sub>Se A binary compound of divalent selenium, such as Ag<sub>2</sub>Se, silver selenide.
Industry:Chemistry
V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> A toxic, yellow to red powder, soluble in alkalies and acids, slightly soluble in water; melts at 690_C; used in medicine, as a catalyst, as a ceramics coloring, for ultraviolet-resistant glass, photographic developers, textiles dyeing, and nuclear reactors. Also known as vanadic acid anhydride.
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(OH)<sub>2</sub> White crystals, slightly soluble in water; used in cement, mortar, and manufacture of calcium salts. Also known as hydrated lime.
Industry:Chemistry
LiI; LiI_3H<sub>2</sub>O White, water- and alcohol-soluble crystals; LiI melts at 446_C; LiI_3H<sub>2</sub>O loses water at 72_C; used in medicine, photography, and mineral waters.
Industry:Chemistry
Any of three compounds of selenium and bromine: Se<sub>2</sub>Br<sub>2</sub>, a red liquid that melts at _46_C, also known as selenium monobromide; SeBr<sub>2</sub>, a brown liquid, also known as selenium dibromide; and SeBr<sub>4</sub>, orange, carbondisulfide- soluble crystals, also known as selenium tetrabromide.
Industry:Chemistry
V<sub>2</sub>S<sub>5</sub> A toxic, black-green powder; insoluble in water, soluble in alkalies and acids; decomposes when heated; used to make vanadium compounds. Also known as vanadic sulfide; vanadium pentasulfide.
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(OCl)<sub>2</sub>_4H<sub>2</sub>O A white powder, used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant for swimming pools.
Industry:Chemistry
Li<sub>2</sub> MoO<sub>4</sub> Water-soluble white crystals melting at 705_C; used as a catalytic cracking (petroleum) catalyst and as a mill additive for steel.
Industry:Chemistry
SeO<sub>2</sub> Water- and alcohol-soluble, white to reddish, lustrous crystals; melts at 340_C; used in medicine, and as an oxidizing agent and catalyst. Also known as selenous acid anhydride; selenous anhydride; selenium oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
