Indium chalcogenides — The indium chalcogenides include all compounds of indium with the chalcogen elements, oxygen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium. (Polonium is excluded as little is known about its compounds with indium). The best characterised compounds are the… … Wikipedia
Gold chalcogenides — are compounds formed between gold and one of the chalcogens, elements from group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium or tellurium.*Gold(III) oxide, Au2O3. decomposes into gold and oxygen above 160 °C. dissolves in concentrated… … Wikipedia
crystal — crystallike, adj. /kris tl/, n., adj., v., crystaled, crystaling or (esp. Brit.) crystalled, crystalling. n. 1. a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice. 2. the transparent form of crystallized quartz. 3. Chem., Mineral. a solid body… … Universalium
Crystal — /kris tl/, n. 1. a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis. 25,543. 2. a female given name. * * * I Any solid material whose atoms are arranged in a definite pattern and whose surface regularity reflects its internal symmetry. Each of a crystal s… … Universalium
Chalcogen — Group 16 Period 2 8 O 3 … Wikipedia
Chalcogenide glass — A chalcogenide glass (hard ch as in chemistry ) is a glass containing one or more chalcogenide elements. These are Group 16 in the periodic table e.g. sulfur, selenium or tellurium. Such glasses are covalently bonded materials and may be… … Wikipedia
Stanford R. Ovshinsky — (1922 ) is an American engineer, inventor, and physicist. He has been involved in the development of amorphous silicon semiconductor materials, which gave rise to a whole new segment of material engineering, aiding in the construction of… … Wikipedia
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Organophosphorus — compounds are degradable organic compounds containing carbon–phosphorus bonds (thus excluding from phosphate and phosphite esters, which lack such kind of bonding), used primarily in pest control as an alternative to chlorinated hydrocarbons that … Wikipedia
Samarium — promethium ← samarium → europium ↑ Sm ↓ … Wikipedia