| Use | Compound |
|---|
| used from chromatography media, and as a drying agent | |
| refrigerant fire extinguishing | |
| oxidant, used as a catalyst in H2SO4 production. | |
| haber process | |
| oxidant (bleach) | |
| natural gas wells in Texas. | |
| Present in vitamin B12. Used in steel. | |
| insulation | |
| Alloy in steel, oxygen transport in octopus | |
| milk, mayo | |
| synthetic organic chemistry, and for making fire retardants | |
| gas in liquid | |
| batteries | |
| soft drinks, detergents. | |
| used in steel, foods, glucose utilization | |
| downs process | |
| AlCl3 �6H2O | |
| stained glass windows | |
| used in treating cancer | |
| used in making fertilizer | |
| welding in inert atmospheres. | |
| ubiquitious in biology | |
| Ca3(PO4)2 by heating with C and sand | |
| washing soda | |
| CCl4, CHCl3, CH2Cl2 | |
| | Use | Compound |
|---|
| fireworks | |
| found naturally in the ground as a result of radioactive processes. | |
| X-rays and lead-acid batteries | |
| excimer lasers (shortest wavelength commercially available lasers) | |
| used as rocket fuel | |
| quicklime | |
| used in production of fertilizer, petrochemicals, dyes, detergents. | |
| electrical insulator | |
| 5.6% of the earthՉ۪s crust. 3g in the body, mostly as hemoglobin. Used in steel. | |
| paint | |
| flux in solder | |
| jello | |
| ulcanization of rubber | |
| abrasive | |
| poisonous gas used in organic chemistry | |
| papermaker's alum | |
| important reducing agent | |
| (used for making nuclear reactor fuel) | |
| (rocket fuel) | |
| active ingredient in Chlorox | |
| similar to graphite, but does not conduct. There are also diamond and nanotube forms, similar to carbon | |
| piezoelectric | |
| ice cream | |
| used as lubricants and for waterproofing | |
| synthesis of pesticides, oil additives, flame retardants | |
| | Use | Compound |
|---|
| used in making glass, ceramics | |
| explosive and fertilizer | |
| slakedlime | |
| (fertilizer) is a mixture of CaSO4 and Ca(H2PO4)2 | |
| essential component of bone, including teeth. | |
| white paint, also an important semiconductor, and as a photocatalyst | |
| solid in gas(smoke) liquid in gas(fog) | |
| lewis acid catalyst | |
| used in aircraft | |
| diamond, graphite, fullerenes (C60), carbon nanotubes. | |
| Used in mining, and as poisons | |
| Used as a strengthening alloy in steel, plant growth | |
| lightening | |
| baking soda | |
| cryogenics, for blimps, for He-Ne lasers. | |
| Ruby (contains Cr3+), Sapphire (Fe3+, Ti4+), Topaz(Fe3+) | |
| ferromagnetic material used in tapes | |
| hall process | |
| alloy in steel | |
| chlorophyl | |
| chemistry is similar to Al, with +3 oxidation number. Not useful as a metal because it reacts with water. However it is used as an alloy to strengthen Al | |
| produced from SnO2 by reaction with C | |
| milk of magnesia | |
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