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ThO<sub>2</sub> A heavy, white powder soluble in sulfuric acid, insoluble in water, melts at 3300_C; used in medicine, ceramics, flame spraying, and electrodes. Also known as thoria; thorium anhydride; thorium oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
IrCl<sub>4</sub> A hygroscopic brownish-black mass, soluble in water and alcohol; used to analyze for nitric acid, HNO<sub>3</sub>, and in analytical microscopic work. Also known as iridium chloride; iridium tetrachloride.
Industry:Chemistry
Chemical prefix designating the positions of substituting radicals on the opposite ends of a benzene nucleus, for example, paraxylene, CH<sub>3</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>CH<sub>3</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>17</sub>OH A combustible, colorless liquid with a lilac scent, derived from pine oil, soluble in alcohol, slightly soluble in water, boils at 214–224_C; used in medicine, perfumes, soaps, and disinfectants, and as an antioxidant, a flavoring agent, and a solvent; isomeric forms are alpha-, beta- and gamma-.
Industry:Chemistry
A salt with the radical HC<sub>4</sub>H<sub>4</sub>O<sub>6</sub> _. Also known as acid tartrate.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>18</sub>O A colorless oil with a camphorlike odor; boiling point is 174–177_C; used in pharmaceuticals, perfumery, and flavoring. Also known as cajeputol; cineol.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>12</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Acetaldehyde polymer; colorless, flammable, toxic liquid, miscible with most organic solvents, soluble in water; melts at 12.6_C, boils at 124.5_C; used as a chemical intermediate, in medicine, and as a solvent.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>(OH)<sub>6</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O A water-soluble alcohol often grouped with the vitamins; there are nine stereoisomers of hexahydroxycyclohexane, and the only one of biological importance is optically inactive meso-inositol, comprising white crystals, widely distributed in animals and plants; it serves as a growth factor for animals and microorganisms.
Industry:Chemistry
(CH<sub>3</sub>(C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>4</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>3</sub>)_2CH<sub>3</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> A yellow, water-soluble solid, used as a herbicide.
Industry:Chemistry
CHI<sub>3</sub> A yellow, hexagonal solid; melting point 119_C; soluble in chloroform, ether, and water; has weak bactericidal qualities and is used in ointments for minor skin diseases. Also known as triiodomethane.
Industry:Chemistry
