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Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemicals is the shortened form of inorganic chemical industry and is an important branch of the chemical industry with natural resources and industrial by-products as raw materials for the production of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, soda ash, caustic soda, synthetic ammonia, fertilizer and inorganic salts, etc. This includes sulfuric acid industry, soda industry, the chloro-alkali industry, synthetic ammonia industry, fertilizer industry and mineral industry. Its broad definition also includes the production of inorganic non-metallic materials and fine inorganic product such as ceramics and inorganic pigment. The main raw material of inorganic chemical products are mineral product including sulfur, sodium, phosphorus, potassium and calcium and coal, oil, gas, and air, water and so on. Inorganic chemicals can be traced back to the ancient process of ceramics, alchemy, brewing, dyeing at thousands of years ago. Although with small scale, backward technology and pure manual manipulation, but it is the prototype of inorganic chemicals. For thousands of years, due to the low productivity, it gets slow development. Until the 18th century, it had developed rapidly. In the middle of 18th century, Britain had first applied lead chamber method using saltpeter and sulfur as raw materials to produce sulfuric acid. In 1783, Lu Bulan (France) proposed the soda method using sodium chloride, sulfuric acid, coal as raw materials. In the latter half of the 18th century, the modern chemical industry taking inorganic chemical industry as the main content had began to emerge. In 1841, people began the production of phosphate fertilizer; In 1965 Belgian Solvay realized the industrialization of ammonia soda for production of soda; with the rise of preparing potassium industry in 1870; In 1890, people began to use electrolytic approach for making Cl2 and caustic soda; In 1913, people had achieved the catalytic synthesis

Barium Industrial Applications

The metal is used as a getter in vacuum tubes. Lithopone, a pigment containing barium sulfate and zinc sulfide, has good covering power and does not darken in the presence of sulfides. The sulfate, as

Sep 25,2019  Inorganic chemistry

Strontium Industrial Applications and Uses

Strontium chemical symbol Sr, atomic number 38, and relative atomic mass (i.e., atomic weight) 87.62, is the fourth alkaline-earth metal, i.e., elements of group IIA of Mendeleev’s periodic chart. The

Sep 25,2019  Inorganic chemistry

Platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show stability

Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a study published recently by researcher

Sep 25,2019  Inorganic chemistry

The applications of Aluminum oxide

Aluminium oxide (IUPAC name) or aluminum oxide (American English) is also known as Alumina. It is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula Al2O3. It is the most commonly o

Sep 24,2019  Inorganic chemistry

Salt marshes' capacity to sink carbon may be threatened by nitrogen pollution

However, a new study indicates that a common pollutant of coastal waters, nitrate, stimulates the decomposition of organic matter in salt marsh sediments that normally would have remained stable over

Sep 24,2019  Inorganic chemistry

The advantages and applications of Aluminum Nitride

Aluminum Nitride (AlN), a covalently-bonded ceramic, is synthesized from the abundant elements aluminum and nitrogen. It does not occur naturally.AlN is stable in inert atmospheres at temperatures ove

Sep 23,2019  Inorganic chemistry

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide

The general public knows the chemical compound of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and because of its global-warming effect. However, carbon dioxide can also be a useful raw materi

Sep 23,2019  Inorganic chemistry

What Is the Usage of Sodium Tripolyphosphate?

Sodium tripolyphosphate, also known as pentasodium triphosphate, pentasodium tripolyphosphate or sodium triphosphate, is used in a wide range of applications in the manufacture of cleaning products an

Sep 12,2019  Inorganic chemistry

Carbon monoxide-Health Hazard and Toxicity

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, flammable, toxic gas.Carbon monoxide is produced when carbon and carbon compounds undergo incomplete combustion. The inefficient combustion of carb

Sep 11,2019  Inorganic chemistry

Palladium-Hazard and Toxicity

Palladium was discovered in 1803 by W.H. Wollaston during refining and purification of- platinum metal. This new metal was found in the aqua regia extract of native platinum and was detected in soluti

Sep 10,2019  Inorganic chemistry
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