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  2. Tartrate - Wikipedia

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    A tartrate is a salt or ester of the organic compound tartaric acid, a dicarboxylic acid.The formula of the tartrate dianion is O − OC-CH(OH)-CH(OH)-COO − or C 4 H 4 O 6 2−. [1]The main forms of tartrates used commercially are pure crystalline tartaric acid used as an acidulant in non-alcoholic drinks and foods, cream of tartar used in baking, and Rochelle salt, commonly used in ...

  3. Diborane - Wikipedia

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    Because of the exothermicity of its reaction with oxygen, diborane has been tested as a rocket propellant. [34] Complete combustion is strongly exothermic. However, combustion is not complete in the rocket engine, as some boron monoxide, B 2 O, is produced. This conversion mirrors the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons, to produce carbon ...

  4. Combustion - Wikipedia

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    The flames caused as a result of a fuel undergoing combustion (burning) Air pollution abatement equipment provides combustion control for industrial processes.. Combustion, or burning, [1] is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.

  5. Tartaric acid - Wikipedia

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    Tartaric acid crystals drawn as if seen through an optical microscope. Naturally occurring form of the acid is dextro tartaric acid or L-(+)-tartaric acid (obsolete name d-tartaric acid). Because it is available naturally, it is cheaper than its enantiomer and the meso isomer. The dextro and levo prefixes are archaic terms. [15]

  6. Charring - Wikipedia

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    Charring is a chemical process of incomplete combustion of certain solids when subjected to high heat. Heat distillation removes water vapour and volatile organic compounds from the matrix. The residual black carbon material is char, as distinguished from the lighter colored ash.

  7. List of carboxylic acids - Wikipedia

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    The systematic IUPAC name is not always the preferred IUPAC name, for example, lactic acid is a common, and also the preferred, name for what systematic rules call 2-hydroxypropanoic acid. This list is ordered by the number of carbon atoms in a carboxylic acid.

  8. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon - Wikipedia

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    A Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) is a class of organic compounds that is composed of multiple aromatic rings.Most are produced by the incomplete combustion of organic matter— by engine exhaust fumes, tobacco, incinerators, in roasted meats and cereals, [1] or when biomass burns at lower temperatures as in forest fires.

  9. Saturated and unsaturated compounds - Wikipedia

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    Unsaturated compounds generally carry out typical addition reactions that are not possible with saturated compounds such as alkanes. A saturated organic compound has only single bonds between carbon atoms. An important class of saturated compounds are the alkanes. Many saturated compounds have functional groups, e.g., alcohols.