Aluminum
The name aluminum is derived from the ancient name for alum (potassium aluminum sulphate), which was alumen (Latin, meaning bitter salt). Alu...
What is ammonia?
Ammonia is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the United States. In pure form, it is
known as anhydrous ammonia. Ammonia is...
Antimony
Antimony si a semimetallic chemical element which can exist in two forms: the metallic form is bright, silvery, hard and brittle; the non met...
What is arsenic?
Arsenic is a semi-metal, a member of the nitrogen family. It occurs naturally in the earth and in the seas. It is odorless and tastel...
Barium
Barium is a silvery-white metal that can be found in the environment, where it exists naturally. It occurs combined with other chemicals, such ...
Boron
Boron is a non metallic element and the only non-metal of the group 13 of the periodic table the elements. Boron is electron-deficient, possessi...
Cadmium
Cadmium is a lustrous, silver-white, ductile, very malleable metal. Its surface has a bluish tinge and the metal is soft enough to be cut with...
Calcium
The chemical element Calcium (Ca), atomic number 20, is the fifth element and the third most abundant metal in the earth’s crust. The metal...
Carbon
Carbon is unique in its chemical properties because it forms a number of components superior than the total addition of all the other elements ...
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) is a measure of the capacity of water to consume oxygen during the decomposition of organic matter and the oxidation of i...