Inorganic chemistry – Page 14
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Feature200 years of Gmelin’s handbook
2017 marks 200 years since Leopold Gmelin first published his influential handbook – and it’s still going strong, as Mike Sutton discovers
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ResearchFirst +5 praseodymium compound with PrN triple bond made
The second ever praseodymium compound with a +5 oxidation state paves the way for pentavalent lanthanide chemistry
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ResearchCopper brings glow to triple-bonded boron
Unexpected reaction between boron–boron triple bond and transition metals revealed
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ResearchPlutonium gets another oxidation state added to its arsenal
New +2 oxidation state fills hole in transuranium element chemistry
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ResearchFirst uranium–rhodium bond shows that shorter is not stronger
Complex with one of the shortest uranium–transition metal bonds ever reported is unstable in solution
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ResearchSecret of dinitrogen triple bond's strength unpicked
Scientists find an unexpected explanation for the strength of nitrogen–nitrogen triple bonds
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ResearchInert helium reacted with sodium in chemistry first
Spartan field of helium chemistry given a lift with new sodium compound
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PodcastSolvated electrons
Blue flashes and metallic water are just some of the tricks associated with the unleashed electron
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ResearchStable polynitrogen synthesis first blows everyone away
Creation of five-membered aromatic nitrogen ring opens door to new highly energetic rocket fuels and explosives
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ResearchBismuth superconductor leaves theory up in the air
Discovery of superconductivity at exceptionally low temperatures confounds current understanding of the phenomenon
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ResearchFirst double salt containing negative platinum ions
New material has platinum in -2 oxidation state
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NewsIupac confirms names for four new elements
Elements that complete seventh row of periodic table will be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
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What it takes to make a new element
Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made
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NewsExplainer: How a new element gets its name
Now that the names of the last four elements of the seventh row of the periodic table have been confirmed, we look at the how they got them
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ResearchChemists knock platinum complex flat
Relativistic effects stabilise square planar platinum(0) complexes
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ResearchTheory finds window for astatine species’ existence
Researchers take investigation of iodine–astatine–bromine trihalogen anion into the lab
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ResearchMicroscopy reveals secret of beryl’s iron heart
Discovery of metal stuffed channels in mineral family that includes emerald and aquamarine points way to tuning the material’s colour