Inorganic chemistry – Page 20
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PodcastBoron nitride
Brian Clegg explains how the versatile compound boron nitride may be ‘the best kept secret in all of chemistry’
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OpinionA century of isotopes
Once appalled by the military use of his discoveries, Frederick Soddy would pleased by his legacy today, says Mark Peplow
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PodcastPotassium bromide
Did chemistry help control tension in the trenches? Brian Clegg investigates potassium bromide
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ResearchExotic interactions uncovered in actinide systems
First experimental evidence of phi interactions in an organoactinide complex
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ResearchDecays and x-rays build case for element 115
Added ‘fingerprint’ measurements could provide evidence needed for formal recognition
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PodcastPhosphoric Acid
Lars Öhrström on phosphoric acid: Crucial for crops and DNA’s backbone, it’s the energy currency of the biological world
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FeatureMain group renaissance
After years languishing behind more fashionable areas of research, the main group elements are back in vogue. James Mitchell Crow finds out why
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PodcastYBCO - Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide
Neil Withers recalls making this groundbreaking superconductor as a student
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PodcastMagnesium sulfate
Brian Clegg explains how bath salts may actually be more than just relaxing
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Review
Inorganic electrochemistry: theory, practice and application (2nd edn)
Inorganic redox processes
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ResearchFluorine finally found in nature
Mystery of nasty niff from ‘fetid fluorite’ minerals is solved - it’s all down to the fluorine it releases