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  2. List of alchemical substances - Wikipedia

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    Azoth – initially this referred to a supposed universal solvent but later became another name for Mercury. Bitumen – highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. Blende; Brimstone – sulfur; Flowers of sulfur – formed by distilling sulfur. Caustic potash/caustic wood alkali – potassium hydroxide, formed by adding lime to potash.

  3. List of chemical compounds with unusual names - Wikipedia

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    The name of the gene that encodes L-fuculokinase, an enzyme that catalyzes a chemical reaction between L-fuculose, ADP, and L-fuculose-1-phosphate. [3] Fukalite (Ca 4 Si 2 O 6 (CO 3)(OH, F)) 2, a rare form of calcium silicocarbonate discovered in the Fuka Mine of Takahashi, Japan. [3] Orotic acid

  4. Carbonyl fluoride - Wikipedia

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    Carbonyl fluoride is usually produced as a decomposition product of fluorinated hydrocarbons in the thermal decomposition thereof, for example from trifluoromethanol or tetrafluoromethane in the presence of water:

  5. Cobalt (II) fluoride - Wikipedia

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    Anhydrous cobalt(II) fluoride. Cobalt(II) fluoride is a chemical compound with the formula (CoF 2).It is a pink crystalline solid compound [1] [2] which is antiferromagnetic at low temperatures (T N =37.7 K) [3] The formula is given for both the red tetragonal crystal, (CoF 2), and the tetrahydrate red orthogonal crystal, (CoF 2 ·4H 2 O).

  6. IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Where an acid has both a systematic and a common name (like CH 3 COOH, for example, which is known as both acetic acid and as ethanoic acid), its salts can be named from either parent name. Thus, KCH 3 CO 2 can be named as potassium acetate or as potassium ethanoate.

  7. Alcohol (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    The term alcohol originally referred to the primary alcohol ethanol (ethyl alcohol), which is used as a drug and is the main alcohol present in alcoholic drinks. The suffix -ol appears in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) chemical name of all substances where the hydroxyl group is the functional group with the ...

  8. Wikipedia : Naming conventions (chemistry)

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    A few groups have IUPAC-approved names, called trivial name, that may also be used: alkali metal = group 1 except hydrogen alkaline earth metal = group 2 triels = group 13 tetrels = group 14 pnictogen = group 15 (earlier pentels) chalcogen = group 16 halogen = group 17 noble gas = group 18

  9. Chemical substance - Wikipedia

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    Steam and liquid water are two different forms of the same pure chemical substance, water. A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. [1] [2] Chemical substances may take the form of a single element or chemical compounds.