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VC Hard, black crystals, melting at 2800_C, boiling at 3900_C; insoluble in acids, except nitric acid; used in cutting-tool alloys and as a steel additive.
Industry:Chemistry
CaCN<sub>2</sub> In pure form, colorless rhombohedral crystals, the commercial form being a gray material containing 55–70% CaCN<sub>2</sub>; used as a fertilizer, weed killer, and defoliant.
Industry:Chemistry
LiF Poisonous, white powder melting at 870_C, boiling at 1670_C; insoluble in alcohol, slightly soluble in water, and soluble in acids; used as a heat-exchange medium, as a welding and soldering flux, in ceramics, and as crystals in infrared instruments.
Industry:Chemistry
Sc<sub>2</sub> (SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> Water-soluble, colorless crystals.
Industry:Chemistry
VCl<sub>2</sub> Toxic, green crystals, soluble in alcohol and ether; decomposes in hot water; used as a reducing agent. Also known as vanadous chloride.
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(CN)<sub>2</sub> In pure form, a white powder that gives off hydrogen cyanide in air at normal humidity; prepared commercially in impure black or gray flakes; used as an insecticide and rodenticide. Also known as black cyanide.
Industry:Chemistry
A binary compound of lithium, LiX, where X is a halide; examples are lithium chloride, LiCl, and lithium fluoride, LiF.
Industry:Chemistry
Sc<sub>3</sub> S<sub>3</sub> Yellowish powder; decomposes in dilute acids and boiling water to give off hydrogen sulfide.
Industry:Chemistry
A compound of vanadium with oxygen, for example, vanadium tetroxide (V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>), vanadium trioxide or sesquioxide (V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>), vanadium oxide (VO), and vanadium pentoxide (V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>).
Industry:Chemistry
CaF<sub>2</sub> Colorless, cubic crystals that are slightly soluble in water and soluble in ammonium salt solutions; used in etching glass and preparing hydrofluoric acid.
Industry:Chemistry
