A team of scientists set out to probe some of the heaviest elements in the periodic table using an advanced form of laser ...

Precious metals play an important role in the chemical industry as catalysts: With the help of silver, platinum, palladium or ...

Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements? Researchers report on experiments to come closer to an answer. They gained insight ...

Hunan Jinwang Bismuth Industrial Co., Ltd, The Shepherd Chemical Company, and The Kurt J. Lesker Company are among the major ...

How well a catalyst works often depends on the surface it is placed on. For years, it has been known that carbon substrates ...

Heightened demand for antimony in the production of flame retardants and lead acid batteries during the forecast period will ...

An international team led by scientists of GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, succeeded in determining the chemical properties of the ...

Lead is a single element, but there’s a whole suite of elements with radioactive forms. For radioactive elements, “there’s no ...

The chemistry of photography is based on photosensitivity and reactions with light. The chemical processes that create a traditional photograph start inside the camera with the absorption of photons.

Over time, as these pipes have corroded, they have leached lead — a chemical with no safe level of exposure — into tap water. When ingested by children, the heavy metal can cause irreversible ...

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The old adage that we are stardust is literally true. But is there a link between a star’s given chemical composition and the types of planets it may form? For almost a decade now, a dedicated ...