Gluon's lab

Silicon (Si) is a chemical element with a wide array of applications. It's used in high strength alloys such as ferrosilicon, but by far...

Benzyl chloride, or a-chlorotoluene, is an extremely useful reagent used in organic synthesis. Commercially, it's mainly used to make be...

Iron(iii) oxide, otherwise known as ferric oxide, is a brick red compound used in the product of iron and steel. It also finds use as a pig...

Nitrostarch is not a specific compound, but rather a mixture of different esters of nitric acid and starch. It's a secondary explosive a...

5-Sulphosalicylic acid is an organic compound possessing both sulphonic and carboxylic acid functional groups. It's used in integral col...

Copper is possibly the oldest metal known to mankind. It was the first metal cast into a shape and even the first to be smelted from ore. I ...

N-nitrourea, or N-nitrocarbamide, is an interesting compound with a variety of uses in organic synthesis. It is also a powerful secondary ex...