Inorganic chemistry – Page 22
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PodcastMagnesium sulfate
Brian Clegg explains how bath salts may actually be more than just relaxing
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Review
Inorganic electrochemistry: theory, practice and application (2nd edn)
Inorganic redox processes
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ResearchFluorine finally found in nature
Mystery of nasty niff from ‘fetid fluorite’ minerals is solved - it’s all down to the fluorine it releases
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News
Oxo wall still stands as inorganic papers retracted
Curtain falls on controversy over creation of metal-oxo complexes as authors publish new work refuting their previous claims
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News
Flerovium and Livermorium take seats at the periodic table
Names for elements 114 and 116 ratified by Iupac
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NewsPlutonium in a spin
Japanese and US researchers have solved the decades-old problem of plutonium-239’s NMR spectrum
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NewsSilicene grown for (probably) the first time
Scientists present the most compelling evidence yet for a one atom-thick sheet of silicon
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NewsDouble whammy blow to US nuclear science
Los Alamos National Lab’s budget will be cut by 11% and an actinide chemistry facility postponed
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FeatureGlenn Seaborg: plutonium and beyond
Mike Sutton reports on Glenn Seaborg's adventures among the actinides
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FeatureQuasicrystals scoop prize
The 2011 Nobel laureate in chemistry, Daniel Shechtman, fought hard to win acceptance of his discovery: quasicrystals. Laura Howes tells how perseverance led to the ultimate recognition
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PodcastNitrogen triiodide
Brian Clegg introduces a compound that detonates at the touch of a feather
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FeatureMagic MOFs
Crystalline metal organic frameworks with extraordinary gas storage capabilities could help tackle climate change by capturing carbon dioxide and storing hydrogen fuel safely at lower pressures.
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Opinion
Superacids: the strongest chemicals that can protonate anything
What could possibly contain the strongest acid in the world, asks Dylan Stiles
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FeatureThe enduring image
In the commercial battle between digital and analogue photography, physics eventually prevailed. Here, Mike Ware reveals how chemistry shaped the history of photographic images