enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of alchemical substances - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alchemical_substances

    Rouge/ crocus / colcothar – ferric oxide, formed by burning green vitriol in air. Stibnite – antimony or antimony trisulfide, ore of antimony. Turpeth mineral – hydrolysed form of mercury (II) sulfate. Verdigris – Carbonate of Copper or (more recently) copper (II) acetate. The carbonate is formed by weathering copper.

  3. Alchemical symbol - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemical_symbol

    Alchemical symbols before Lavoisier. Alchemical symbols were used to denote chemical elements and compounds, as well as alchemical apparatus and processes, until the 18th century. Although notation was partly standardized, style and symbol varied between alchemists. Lüdy-Tenger [ 1] published an inventory of 3,695 symbols and variants, and ...

  4. Salt (chemistry) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(chemistry)

    Salt (chemistry) The crystal structure of sodium chloride, NaCl, a typical salt. The purple spheres represent sodium cations, Na +, and the green spheres represent chloride anions, Cl −. The yellow stipples show the electrostatic forces. In chemistry, a salt or ionic compound is a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of positively ...

  5. Philosopher's stone - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher's_stone

    [1] [2] For many centuries, it was the most sought-after goal in alchemy. The philosopher's stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection at its finest, divine illumination, and heavenly bliss. Efforts to discover the philosopher's stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work"). [3]

  6. Potassium nitrate - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_nitrate

    Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with a sharp, salty, bitter taste and the chemical formula K N O. 3. It is an ionic salt of potassium ions K + and nitrate ions NO 3−, and is therefore an alkali metal nitrate. It occurs in nature as a mineral, niter (or nitre outside the US). [ 5]

  7. List of Korean dramas - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Korean_dramas

    This is an incomplete list of Korean dramas, broadcast on nationwide networks KBS (KBS1 and KBS2), MBC, SBS; and cable channels JTBC, tvN, OCN, Channel A, MBN, Mnet and TV Chosun. The list also contains notable miniseries and web series broadcast on Naver TV , TVING , Wavve , Coupang Play , Netflix , Viu , Viki , iQIYI , Disney+ ( Star ), Apple ...

  8. Classical element - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_element

    t. e. The classical elements typically refer to earth, water, air, fire, and (later) aether which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances. [ 1][ 2] Ancient cultures in Greece, Angola, Tibet, India, and Mali had similar lists which sometimes referred, in local languages, to "air" as "wind ...

  9. History of chemistry - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chemistry

    Chemistry. The 1871 periodic table constructed by Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table is one of the most potent icons in science, lying at the core of chemistry and embodying the most fundamental principles of the field. The history of chemistry represents a time span from ancient history to the present.