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UO<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O Poisonous, radioactive yellow crystals, decomposed by light; soluble in cold water, decomposes in hot water; loses water of crystallization at 110_C, decomposes at 275_C; used in medicine and as an analytical reagent and bacterial oxidant. Also known as uranium acetate.
Industry:Chemistry
CaC<sub>2</sub> An alkaline earth carbide obtained in the pure form as transparent crystals that decompose in water; used to make acetylene gas.
Industry:Chemistry
LiAlH<sub>4</sub> A compound made by the reaction of lithium hydride and aluminum chloride; a powerful reducing agent for specific linkages in complex molecules; used in organic synthesis.
Industry:Chemistry
Na<sub>2</sub> CO<sub>3</sub>_10H<sub>2</sub>O White, water-soluble crystals, insoluble in alcohol; melts and loses water at about 33_C; mild irritant to mucous membrane; used in cleansers and for washing textiles and bleaching linen and cotton. Also known as sodium carbonate decahydrate; washing soda.
Industry:Chemistry
UO<sub>2</sub>(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>_6H<sub>2</sub>O Toxic, explosive, unstable yellow crystals; soluble in water, alcohol, and ether; melts at 60_C and boils at 118_C; used in photography, in medicine, and for uranium extraction and uranium glaze. Also known as uranium nitrate; yellow salt.
Industry:Chemistry
CaCO<sub>3</sub> White rhombohedrons or a white powder; occurs naturally as calcite; used in paint manufacture, as a dentifrice, as an anticaking medium for table salt, and in manufacture of rubber tires.
Industry:Chemistry
LiNH<sub>2</sub> A compound crystallizing in the cubic form, and melting at 380–400_C; used in organic synthesis. Also known as lithamide.
Industry:Chemistry
Impure sodium sulfate; used in soaps, paper pulping, detergents, glass, ceramic glaze, and dyes.
Industry:Chemistry
Salts of UO<sub>3</sub> that ionize to form UO<sub>2</sub> <sub>2</sub>+ and that are yellow in solution; for example, uranyl chloride, UO<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(ClO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O White monoclinic crystals, decomposed by heating.
Industry:Chemistry
