Cerium: Major Minerals, Chemistry Properties and Reactions
Cerium is the most abundant of all the lanthanides, making up 66 ppm of the Earth's crust; this value is just behind that of Cu (68 ppm), and Ce is even more abundant than common metals such as Pb (13
May 30，2024 API
Neodymium：Description, Minerals, and Reactions
Neodymium (Nd) belongs to the lanthanide series and is a rare earth element (REE). It is a hard, slightly malleable, silvery metal.
May 30，2024 Inorganic chemistry
The brief introduction of Tellurium
Tellurium is sometimes found in its native (i.e., elemental) form, but is more often found as the tellurides of gold such as calaverite and krennerite.
May 30，2024 Inorganic chemistry
Dexpanthenol: Skin's "sweet Guardian"
Dexpanthenol plays an important role in many industries because of its unique biological activity and wide application fields.
May 30，2024 API
Chitosan: Structure and Antimicrobial Activity
Chitosan's unique structure and properties, influenced by factors like deacetylation and source, make it effective against microbes, especially in food preservation.
May 30，2024 API
Selenium:Discovery,Mining,Uses,Health effects
Native selenium is a rare mineral, which normally does not occur in good crystals, but, when it does, they are steep rhombohedra or tiny acicular (hair-like) crystals.
May 29，2024 Inorganic chemistry
Where is nickel found? Is it toxic?
On Earth, nickel occurs most commonly in combination with sulfur and iron in pentlandite ((Fe, Ni)9S8), with sulfur in millerite , with arsenic in the mineral nickeline (NiAs), and with arsenic and su
May 29，2024 Inorganic chemistry
Is indium antimonide an intrinsic semiconductor?
Indium antimonide (InSb) is a special one among 3–5 semiconductor crystalline compound due to its unique properties: the lowest melting point of these compounds, a narrow band gap, high carrier mobili
May 29，2024 Inorganic salts
What is the crystal structure of molybdenum nitride?
Molybdenum nitrides also crystallize in a structure similar to γ-Mo2N with an excess of nitrogen in the lattice and with the formula Mo3N2.
May 29，2024 Inorganic chemistry
The grape scent compound Methyl anthranilate
Methyl anthranilate is a benzoate ester that is the methyl ester of anthranilic acid. It has a role as a metabolite and a flavoring agent and is functionally related to an anthranilic acid.
May 29，2024 Flavors and fragrances