FROM Western Australia we have received an interesting report on investigations into the development of inertness in industrial explosives of the nitro-compound class by Mr. E. A. Mann, Chief ...

Chemistry textbook authors may soon have to rewrite sections covering noble gases and chemical inertness. An international research team has reported the synthesis of a helium-sodium compound that’s ...

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Giovanni Baccolo relates tales of tantalum, an element known, and named, for its inertness, yet one that holds some surprises, such as a naturally occurring nuclear isomer. Element 73 was first ...

When looking to improve sensitivity and precision of their instruments, customers often evaluate the coating surface of such instruments for reactivity so as to confirm the coating meets performance ...