Main group chemistry – Page 7
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PodcastPotassium bromide
Did chemistry help control tension in the trenches? Brian Clegg investigates potassium bromide
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FeatureMain group renaissance
After years languishing behind more fashionable areas of research, the main group elements are back in vogue. James Mitchell Crow finds out why
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PodcastMagnesium sulfate
Brian Clegg explains how bath salts may actually be more than just relaxing
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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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NewsPnicogens link up as new bond is discovered
A new intramolecular bond has been discovered between group 15 compounds that is as strong as hydrogen bonds
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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