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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

Rhenium:Discovery,Minerals,Chemistry,Uses,Toxicity

Rhenium exists as one stable isotope, 185Re, occurring in minority abundance. It is a silvery-white metal with one of the highest melting points of all elements, exceeded by only tungsten and carbon.

May 31,2024  Inorganic chemistry

How are Lead Minerals Distributed?

Many lead minerals are relatively light and, in Earth’s history, have stayed in the crust instead of sinking deeper into the Earth’s interior.

May 31,2024  Inorganic chemistry

Discovery and Major Minerals of Bismuth

Bismuth is a brittle metal with a white, silver-pink hue, often with an iridescent oxide layer showing many colors from yellow to blue. This article will introduce its discovery and major minerals.

May 31,2024  Inorganic chemistry

Gadolinium:Discovery,Minerals,Uses,Safety

Gadolinium is a silvery-white metal when oxidation is eliminated. It is only slightly malleable and is a ductile REE. Gadolinium reacts with atmospheric oxygen or moisture slowly to produce a black su

May 31,2024  Inorganic chemistry

Cesium:Discovery,Minerals,Chemistry,Uses,Hazards

Cesium is a relatively rare element, about 3 ppm in the Earth’s crust. It is the 45th most abundant element and the 36th among the metals. It is 3.3% as abundant as Rb, with which it is closely associ

May 31,2024  Inorganic chemistry

Uranium: Chemical property and Minerals

Uranium is the 51st element in order of abundance in the Earth’s crust. Uranium is also the highest-numbered element found naturally in significant quantities on Earth and is almost always combined wi

May 31,2024  Inorganic chemistry

The Refining methods of gold

After initial production, gold is often subsequently refined industrially by the Wohlwill process, which is based on electrolysis or by the Miller process, that is, chlorination in the melt.

May 31,2024  Inorganic chemistry

Cadmium:Discovery,Mining,Uses,Health hazards

Cadmium is a soft, silvery-white metal. It has 48 electrons arranged in an electronic configuration of [Kr]4d105s2.

May 30,2024  Inorganic chemistry

Where is Niobium found? What is it used for?

Niobium is a light gray, crystalline, and ductile transition metal. It has 41 electrons arranged in an electronic configuration of [Kr]4d45s1.

May 30,2024  Inorganic chemistry

Where does Iridium Come From? Extra-terrestrial or Volcanic?

Iridium is one of the nine least abundant stable elements in the Earth's crust, as for its source, some say it comes from extraterrestrial, others say it comes from volcanic eruptions on Earth.

May 30,2024  Inorganic chemistry
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