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Front Matter iPreface iiiAcknowledgments ivIntroduction vDefinitions viiSome Physical Constants xiUnits and Conversion xiiTable of Contents xiiiActinium … Ammonium Phosphate, Dibasic 1 Actinium 1 Aluminum 2 Aluminum Bromide 4 Aluminum Chloride 6 Aluminum Chloride Hexahydrate 7 Aluminum Hydride 8 Aluminum Nitrate 9 Aluminum Nitride 10 Aluminum Oxide 11 Aluminum Phosphate 13 Aluminum Sulfate 14 Aluminum Sulfate Octadecahydrate 15 Americium 15 Ammonia 19 Ammonium Acetate 24 Ammonium Bicarbonate 25 Ammonium Bifluoride 26 Ammonium Bromide 28 Ammonium Carbamate 29 Ammonium Carbonate 30 Ammonium Chloride 30 Ammonium Cyanide 33 Ammonium Dichromate 34 Ammonium Fluoride 35

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Ammonium Formate 37 Ammonium Hydrosulfide 38 Ammonium Molybdate 38 Ammonium Nitrate 39 Ammonium Phosphate, Dibasic 42Ammonium Phosphate, Monobasic … Barium Hydroxide 43 Ammonium Phosphate, Monobasic 43 Ammonium Sulfate 43 Ammonium Sulfide 45 Ammonium Thiocyanate 46 Ammonium Thiosulfate 47 Antimony 48 Antimony Pentachloride 50 Antimony Pentafluoride 52 Antimony Pentasulfide 53 Antimony Pentoxide 54 Antimony Trichloride 55 Antimony Trioxide 56 Antimony Trisulfide 57 Argon 59 Argon Hydroquinone Clathrate 61 Arsenic 61 Arsenic Acid 63 Arsenic Pentasulfide 64 Arsenic Pentoxide 65 Arsenic Sesquisulfide 66 Arsenic Sulfide 67 Arsenic Trichloride 68 Arsenic Trifluoride 69 Arsenic Triiodide 70 Arsenic Trioxide 71 Arsenous Acid 72 Arsine 73

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Astatine 75 Barium 77 Barium Acetate 79 Barium Azide 80 Barium Bromide 81 Barium Carbonate 82 Barium Chloride 83 Barium Chromate(VI) 85 Barium Cyanide 86 Barium Hydroxide 86Barium Nitrate … Boron Trifluoride Etherate 88 Barium Nitrate 88 Barium Oxide 89 Barium Peroxide 90 Barium Sulfate 91 Barium Sulfide 93 Barium Titanate 94 Berkelium 95 Beryllium 97 Beryllium Carbide 99 Beryllium Chloride 100 Beryllium Fluoride 101 Beryllium Hydride 102 Beryllium Hydroxide 103 Beryllium Nitrate Trihydrate 103 Beryllium Nitride 104 Beryllium Oxide 105 Beryllium Sulfate 106 Bismuth 107 Bismuth Chloride 109 Bismuth Hydroxide 110 Bismuth Nitrate Pentahydrate 111 Bismuth Oxychloride 112

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Bismuth Oxycarbonate 112 Bismuth Oxynitrate 113 Bismuth Sulfide 114 Bismuth Trioxide 115 Borax, Anhydrous 116 Borax Decahydrate 117 Borax Pentahydrate 118 Boric Acid 119 Boric Oxide 120 Boron 122 Boron Carbide 124 Boron Hydrides 125 Boron Nitride 129 Boron Phosphate 130 Boron Trichloride 131 Boron Trifluoride 134 Boron Trifluoride Etherate 135Bromic Acid … Cadmium Sulfide 136 Bromic Acid 136 Bromine 136 Bromine Pentafluoride 139 Bromine Trifluoride 140 Cadmium 140 Cadmium Acetate 143 Cadmium Bromide 144 Cadmium Cyanide 145 Cadmium Chloride 146 Cadmium Carbonate 147 Cadmium Fluoride 148 Cadmium Hydroxide 149 Cadmium Iodide 150 Cadmium Nitrate 151 Cadmium Oxide 152

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Cadmium Sulfate 154 Cadmium Sulfide 155Calcium … Carbonyl Fluoride 157 Calcium 157 Calcium Carbonate 159 Calcium Carbide 160 Calcium Chloride 161 Calcium Cyanamide 163 Calcium Fluoride 164 Calcium Hydride 165 Calcium Hydroxide 167 Calcium Hypochlorite 168 Calcium Nitrate 169 Calcium Oxide 170 Calcium Phosphate, Dibasic 172 Calcium Phosphate, Monobasic 173 Calcium Phosphate, Tribasic 174 Calcium Sulfate 175 Calcium Sulfide 177 Californium 179 Carbon 180 Carbon Dioxide 183 Carbon Disulfide 186 Carbon Monoxide 187 Carbon Suboxide 191 Carbon Tetrachloride 192 Carbonyl Chloride 194 Carbonyl Fluoride 196Caro’s Acid … Cobalt Complexes 197 Caro’s Acid 197 Ceric Ammonium Nitrate 198 Cerium 199 Cerium(III) Chloride 201

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Cerium(III) Hydroxide 202 Cerium(III) Nitrate 202 Cerium(IV) Oxide 203 Cerium(IV) Sulfate 204 Cesium 205 Cesium Chloride 207 Cesium Hydroxide 207 Chlorine 208 Chlorine Dioxide 213 Chlorine Monoxide 214 Chlorine Trifluoride 215 Chromium 216 Chromium(II) Chloride 219 Chromium(III) Chloride 220 Chromium Hexacarbonyl 222 Chromium(III) Hydroxide Trihydrate 223 Chromium(III) Fluoride 224 Chromium(III) Oxide 225 Chromium(VI) Oxide 226 Chromium(III) Sulfate 228 Chromyl Chloride 229 Cobalt 231 Cobalt(II) Acetate 233 Cobalt(II) Carbonate 234 Cobalt Carbonate, Basic 235 Cobalt(II) Chloride 236 Cobalt Complexes 237Cobalt(III) Complexes … Deuterium 239 Cobalt(III) Complexes 239 Cobalt(II) Cyanide 239 Cobalt(II) Fluoride 240 Cobalt(III) Fluoride 241 Cobalt(II) Hydroxide 243

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Cobalt(II) Iodide 244 Cobalt(II) Nitrate 245 Cobalt Octacarbonyl 246 Cobalt(II) Oxide 247 Cobalt(III) Oxide 249 Cobalt(II) Sulfate 249 Cobalt Sulfides 251 Tricobalt Tetroxide 252 Copper 253 Copper(II) Acetate 256 Copper Acetate, Basic 257 Copper(I) Acetylide 258 Copper(II) Acetylide 259 Copper Carbonate, Basic 259 Copper(I) Chloride 260 Copper(II) Chloride 262 Copper(II) Chromate 264 Copper(II) Chromite 264 Copper(I) Cyanide 265 Copper(II) Fluoride 266 Copper(II) Hydroxide 267 Copper(I) Iodide 268 Copper(II) Nitrate 269 Copper(I) Oxide 271 Copper(II) Oxide 273 Copper(II) Sulfate 275 Copper(II) Sulfate, Basic 276 Copper(I) Sulfide 277 Copper(II) Sulfide 278 Curium 279 Cyanic Acid 281 Cyanogen 282 Cyanogen Bromide 285

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Cyanogen Chloride 285 Cyanogen Iodide 287 Deuterium 287Dysprosium … Gold(I) Sodium Thiomalate 289 Dysprosium 289 Einsteinium 291 Erbium 292 Europium 294 Fermium 296 Fluorine 297 Fluorine Nitrate 301 Francium 301 Gadolinium 302 Gadolinium(III) Chloride 305 Gadolinium(III) Oxide 305 Gadolinium(III) Sulfate Octahydrate 306 Gallium 307 Gallium(III) Arsenide 310 Galllium(III) Chloride 311 Gallium Phosphide 312 Gallium Sesquioxide 312 Germanium 313 Germanium(IV) Chloride 316 Germanium Dioxide 318 Germanium Hydrides 319 Gold 321 Gold(I) Chloride 323 Gold(III) Chloride 324 Gold Chlorohydric Acid 325 Gold(I) Cyanide 326 Gold(III) Fluoride 327 Gold(III) Hydroxide 327 Gold(III) Oxide 328

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Gold(I) Sodium Thiomalate 329Hafnium … Hydrogen Selenide 330 Hafnium 330 Hafnium Dioxide 332 Hafnium Tetrachloride 333 Hafnium Tetrafluoride 335 Helium 335 Holmium 338 Holmium Chloride 339 Holmium Oxide 340 Hydrazoic Acid 341 Hydrazine 342 Hydrazine Hydrate 349 Hydrazine Sulfate 349 Hydrazine Hydrochloride 351 Hydrogen 351 Hydrogen Bromide 355 Hydrogen Chloride 357 Hydrogen Cyanide 362 Hydrogen Fluoride 366 Hydrogen Iodide 370 Hydrogen Peroxide 372 Hydrogen Selenide 377Hydrogen Sulfide … Iron Disulfide 379 Hydrogen Sulfide 379 Hydrogen Telluride 384 Hydroxylamine 385 Hydroxylamine Hydrochloride 386 Hydroxylamine Sulfate 386 Hypochlorous Acid 387 Hypophosphorous Acid 389 Indium 390 Indium Antimonide 393

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Indium Trioxide 393 Iodic Acid 395 Iodine 397 Iodine Heptafluoride 402 Iodine Monochloride 403 Iodine Pentafluoride 405 Iodine Pentoxide 407 Iodine Trichloride 407 Iridium 409 Iron 410 Iron(II) Ammonium Sulfate 414 Iron(III) Ammonium Sulfate 415 Iron(III) Bromide 416 Iron Carbonyls 417 Iron(II) Chloride 419 Iron(III) Chloride 420 Iron-Cyanide Complexes 421 Iron Dicyclopentadienyl 424 Iron Disulfide 426Iron(II) Fluoride … Lead Carbonate 428 Iron(II) Fluoride 428 Iron(II) Hydroxide 429 Iron(III) Hydroxide 430 Iron(III) Nitrate 431 Iron(II) Oxide 431 Iron(III) Oxide 432 Triiron Tetroxide 434 Iron(II) Sulfate 435 Iron(III) Sulfate 437 Iron(II) Sulfide 439 Iron(II) Thiocyanate 440 Krypton 441 Krypton Difluoride 442

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Lanthanum 443 Lanthanum Chloride 447 Lanthanum Fluoride 448 Lanthanum Hydroxide 449 Lanthanum Nitrate 450 Lanthanum Oxide 451 Lanthanum Sulfate 452 Lawrencium 453 Lead 453 Lead Acetate 458 Lead Acetates, Basic 459 Lead Azide 460 Lead Bromide 461 Lead Carbonate 462Lead Carbonate, Basic … Lithium Nitride 464 Lead Carbonate, Basic 464 Lead Chromate 464 Lead Dichloride 465 Lead Difluoride 467 Lead Diiodide 468 Lead Dioxide 469 Lead Hydroxide 471 Lead Monoxide 472 Lead Nitrate 475 Lead Sulfate 476 Lead Sulfide 477 Lead Tetraacetate 479 Lead Tetrachloride 480 Lead Tetraethyl 482 Lead Tetrafluoride 483 Lead Tetroxide 484 Lead Trioxide 485 Lithium 486

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Lithium Aluminum Hydride 491 Lithium Amide 493 Lithium Borohydride 495 Lithium Bromide 496 Lithium Carbonate 497 Lithium Chloride 498 Lithium Fluoride 500 Lithium Hydride 500 Lithium Hydroxide 502 Lithium Iodide 503 Lithium Nitrate 505 Lithium Nitride 506Lithium Oxide … Manganese(II) Sulfate 507 Lithium Oxide 507 Lithium Sulfate 508 Lutetium 509 Magnesium 510 Magnesium Acetate 516 Magnesium Bromide 517 Magnesium Carbonate 518 Magnesium Chloride 521 Magnesium Fluoride 523 Magnesium Hydride 524 Magnesium Hydroxide 525 Magnesium Iodide 527 Magnesium Nitrate 528 Magnesium Oxide 529 Magnesium Perchlorate 531 Magnesium Phosphates, Basic 532 Magnesium Silicates 534 Magnesium Sulfate 535 Manganese 538 Manganese(II) Carbonate 543

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Manganese(II) Chloride 545 Manganese Decacarbonyl 546 Manganese Ethylenenebis(Thiocarbamate) 547 Manganese(II) Hydroxide 548 Manganese(II) Oxide 549 Manganese(III) Oxide 550 Manganese(II,III) Oxide 551 Manganese(IV) Oxide 552 Manganese(II) Sulfate 556Mendelevium … Nickel Acetylacetonate 558 Mendelevium 558 Mercury 559 Mercury(II) Acetate 562 Mercury(I) Chloride 565 Mercury(II) Chloride 566 Mercury(II) Cyanide 569 Mercury Dimethyl 569 Mercury Fulminate 571 Mercury(II) Iodide 571 Mercury(I) Nitrate 573 Mercury(II) Nitrate 574 Mercury(II) Oxide 575 Mercury(II) Sulfate 578 Mercury(II) Sulfide 579 Molybdenum 581 Molybdic Acid And Molybdates 584 Molybdic Acid 584 Molybdates 585 Ammonium Molybdates 586 Molybdenum Blue 586 Molybdenum Disulfide 587 Molybdenum Hexacarbonyl 588 Molybdenum Hexafluoride 590

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Molybdenum Orange 591 Molybdenum(IV) Oxide 591 Molybdenum(VI) Oxide 592 Molybdenum Pentachloride 595 Neodymium 597 Neodymium Oxide 600 Neon 602 Neptunium 603 Nickel 605 Nickel Acetate 609 Nickel Acetylacetonate 610Nickel Carbonate … Nitrogen Trifluoride 611 Nickel Carbonate 611 Nickel Chloride 612 Nickel Complexes 614 Nickel Cyanide 616 Nickel Hydroxide 617 Nickel Nitrate 618 Nickel Oxide 619 Nickel Phosphate 620 Nickel Sulfamate 621 Nickel Sulfate 621 Nickel Sulfide 623 Nickel Tetracarbonyl 624 Niobium 626 Niobium Pentachloride 632 Niobium Pentafluoride 633 Niobium Pentoxide 634 Nitric Acid 635 Nitric Oxide 641 Nitrogen 644 Nitrogen Dioxide 648 Nitrogen Pentoxide 651

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Nitrogen Tetroxide 652 Nitrogen Trichloride 654 Nitrogen Trifluoride 655Nitrosyl Chloride … Phosphonium Iodide 657 Nitrosyl Chloride 657 Nitrosyl Fluoride 659 Nitrosylsulfuric Acid 661 Nitrous Acid 662 Nitrous Oxide 664 Nitryl Chloride 665 Nitryl Fluoride 667 Nobelium 668 Osmium 669 Osmium Tetroxide 671 Oxygen 674 Oxygen Difluoride 679 Ozone 682 Palladium 686 Palladium Dichloride 688 Palladium Nitrate 689 Palladium Oxide 690 Phosgene 691 Phosphine 692 Phosphonium Iodide 695Phosphoric Acid, Meta … Potassium Carbonate 697 Phosphoric Acid, Meta 697 Phosphoric Acid, Ortho 697 Phosphoric Acid, Pyro 701 Phosphorus 702 Phosphorus Acid 706 Phosphorus Oxychloride 708 Phosphorus Pentachloride 709 Phosphorus Pentafluoride 711

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Phosphorus Pentoxide 713 Phosphorus Trichloride 715 Platinic Acid, Hexachloro 718 Platinum 719 Platinum Dichloride 722 Platinum Dioxide 723 Platinum Hexafluoride 724 Platinum Monoxide 725 Platinum Tetrachloride 725 Plutonium 726 Polonium 729 Potassium 732 Potassium Acetate 736 Potassium Bicarbonate 737 Potassium Bisulfide 738 Potassium Borohydride 739 Potassium Bromate 740 Potassium Bromide 741 Potassium Carbonate 743Potassium Chlorate … Potassium Triiodo Mercurate(II) 745 Potassium Chloride 745 Potassium Chlorate 746 Potassium Chromate 747 Potassium Cyanide 748 Potassium Dichromate 751 Potassium Ferricyanide 752 Potassium Ferrocyanide 753 Potassium Fluoride 754 Potassium Formate 755 Potassium Hydride 756 Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate 756 Potassium Hydroxide 758 Potassium Iodate 760

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Potassium Iodide 761 Potassium Nitrate 762 Potassium Nitrite 764 Potassium Oxalate 765 Potassium Percarbonate 766 Potassium Perchlorate 766 Potassium Periodate 768 Potassium Permanganate 769 Potassium Persulfate 771 Potassium Phosphate, Dibasic 772 Potassium Phosphate, Monobasic 772 Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic 773 Potassium Sorbate 774 Potassium Sulfate 774 Potassium Thiocyanate 776 Potassium Triiodo Mercurate(II) 777Praesodymium … Silver Cyanide 778 Praesodymium 778 Promethium 780 Protactinium 781 Radium 784 Radon 786 Rhenium 788 Rhodium 790 Rhodium Chloride 793 Rhodium Sesquioxide 794 Rubidium 795 Rubidium Carbonate 798 Rubidium Chloride 799 Rubidium Hydroxide 800 Rubidium Sulfate 801 Ruthenium 801 Rutherfordium 804

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Samarium 805 Samarium Sesquioxide 807 Scandium 809 Selenium 811 Selenium Dioxide 814 Selenium Hexafluoride 816 Selenium Oxychloride 817 Silicon 818 Silicon Carbide 822 Silicon Dioxide 822 Silicon Hydrides 826 Silicon Tetrachloride 829 Silicon Tetrafluoride 832 Silver 833 Silver Acetylide 837 Silver Bromide 837 Silver Chloride 838 Silver Chromate 839 Silver Cyanide 840Silver Iodide … Sodium Fluoride 841 Silver Iodide 841 Silver Nitrate 841 Silver(I) Oxide 842 Silver(II) Oxide 843 Silver Sulfate 844 Silver Sulfide 845 Sodium 846 Sodium Acetate 852 Sodium Amide 852 Sodium Azide 854 Sodium Bicarbonate 855 Sodium Chloride 856 Sodium Bisulfate 857

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Sodium Borohydride 858 Sodium Bromide 859 Sodium Carbonate 861 Sodium Cyanide 863 Sodium Ethoxide 864 Sodium Fluoride 865Sodium Formate … Tellurium 866 Sodium Formate 866 Sodium Hydride 866 Sodium Hydroxide 867 Sodium Hypochlorite 870 Sodium Iodide 871 Sodium Nitrate 872 Sodium Oxalate 873 Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic 874 Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic 875 Sodium Phosphate, Tribasic 876 Sodium Sulfate 877 Sodium Sulfide 879 Sodium Thiocyanate 880 Sodium Thiosulfate 881 Strontium 882 Strontium Carbonate 884 Strontium Chloride 885 Strontium Hydroxide 886 Strontium Nitrate 887 Strontium Oxide 888 Strontium Sulfate 889 Sulfur 890 Sulfur Chloride 893 Sulfur Dioxide 894 Sulfur Hexafluoride 898 Sulfuric Acid 899

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Sulfurous Acid 902 Sulfurous Oxychloride 903 Sulfur Trioxide 904 Sulfuryl Chloride 906 Tantalum 907 Tantalum Pentachloride 910 Tantalum Pentoxide 911 Technetium 912 Telluric Acid 914 Tellurium 915Tellurium Dioxide … Uranium 919 Tellurium Dioxide 919 Terbium 919 Thallium 921 Thallium Chloride 924 Thallium Fluoride 925 Thallium Nitrate 925 Thallium Oxide 926 Thorium 927 Thorium Dioxide 931 Thorium Nitrate 931 Thulium 932 Tin 934 Tin(II) Chloride 937 Tin(IV) Chloride 938 Tin(II) Oxide 939 Tin(IV) Oxide 940 Tin(IV) Sulfate 941 Titanium 942 Titanium Dioxide 945 Titanium Hydride 946 Titanium Tetrachloride 947 Titanium Trichloride 948

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Tungsten 948 Tungsten Hexacarbonyl 953 Tungsten Trioxide 953 Tungstic Acid 954 Uranium 955Uranium Dioxide … Zirconyl Chloride 959 Uranium Dioxide 959 Uranium Hexafluoride 960 Uranyl Nitrate 961 Vanadium 961 Vanadium Pentoxide 964 Vanadyl Sulfate 966 Water 967 Xenon 971 Ytterbium 973 Ytterbium Oxide 976 Yttrium 977 Yttrium Oxide 979 Yttrium Sulfate 979 Zinc 980 Zinc Acetate 983 Zinc Bromide 983 Zinc Carbonate 984 Zinc Chloride 985 Zinc Cyanide 986 Zinc Fluoride 987 Zinc Hydroxide 988 Zinc Nitrate 989 Zinc Oxide 990 Zinc Sulfate 991 Zinc Sulfide 993 Zinc Thiocyanate 994 Zirconium 995

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Zirconium Carbide 998 Zirconium Hydride 998 Zirconium Hydroxide 999 Zirconium Nitrate 1000 Zirconium Oxide 1001 Zirconium Silicate 1002 Zirconium Sulfate 1003 Zirconium Tetrachloride 1004 Zirconyl Chloride 1005Chemical Substances Index 1007CAS Registry Number Index 1047