Potassium nitrate (KNO 3), known historically as saltpeter or the mineral niter, is a common salt with multiple uses. It has been known since antiquity; an early appearance in the chemical literature ...

Testing for nitrogen in your local watershed can help identify potential “œhot spots” in your community that may be contributing to nutrient loading downstream. With a simple, inexpensive field test ...

Nitric acid is used in a wide variety of chemical processes where cleaning, oxidising or etching is required, including making synthetic fibres, dying, electrical circuit board making, electroplating, ...

The vast majority of nickel is used in alloys and more than 3,000 nickel alloys have been identified. Nickel is used to make stainless steel and other metal alloys. Nickel is commonly alloyed with ...

A recall has been issued for hundreds of cases of bread products due to undeclared allergens that may trigger serious allergic reactions. The Bakery Group, based in Dallas, Texas, issued a ...

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Most organic drugs contain one acid group, usually a carboxylic acid, -COOH, or one basic primary, secondary, or tertiary amino group, NC 1-3, [3,22,27,28,29] that determines the acid-base ...

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Fertilizers play a huge role in a yard’s growth and growth speed. As the technologies nowadays are more and more improved, the realm of fertilizers is categorized better and more diverse. If knowing ...

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States ...