All Inorganic chemistry articles – Page 9
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Experiments confirm nickel isotope's ‘doubly magic’ status
Analysis of copper-79 reveal the secrets of its magic neighbour
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Inorganic polystyrene gives old material a new backbone
New catalytic route opens the door to polymers made from boron and nitrogen
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Material containing perfectly planar octacoordinate titanium predicted
Titanium falls flat in an eight-membered boron ring
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Electro-shock treatment switches MOF on to gas separation
Electric field stops molecular wriggling and boosts natural gas separation in porous crystal
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First boron–tellurium double bond captured
Unusual molecule features shortest boron bond to one of the rarest metals on Earth
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Bright future for trace water analysis
MOF-based material has detection limit as low as traditional Karl Fischer titration
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Immense oganesson projected to have no electron shells
Theory predicts that element 118 would be surrounded by a smear of electrons
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Chemists reinvent the wheel
Symmetrical gold and niobium cluster with unusually short Nb–Nb bond
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Podcast
Sodium dichromate
Discover the compound at the heart of a multi-million dollar legal case and an Oscar–winning role for Julia Roberts
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All-metal ion mimics carbonate
Seven month reaction delivers peculiar tin–bismuth anion that is first solution-stable all-metal carbonate analogue
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The big bang theory inspires discovery of new compound BaZnGa!
Fictional physicist Sheldon Cooper’s catchphrase has been brought to life in the lab
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Seaborg's americium dispute put to bed 60 years later
Hotly debated historical brouhaha that centred on the element’s covalency may have been solved
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Opinion
Nickel catalyst couples alcohols and carbon dioxide
Flexibility and low cost make nickel a firm favourite in catalysis
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Chemists unravel why humans aren’t constantly bursting into flames
Strong π-bonding holds the secret to taming dioxygen diradicals
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Scientists get charged up over titanium dioxide
Groups debate usefulness of conventional +4 titanium oxidation state compared to +2.5 charge state
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+2 lead hydride is world’s first
Organo-lead compound completes +2 hydride puzzle of heavy group 14 elements
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Anion confounds expectations with its electron-loving nature
A boron cluster is the first example of a dipole-distinguishing electrophilic anion
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‘Pink phosphorus’ caged in carbon nanotubes
Highly reactive white phosphorus seen linking up to make new 1D form on way to red allotrope of the element
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Feature
200 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
