It was quite a surprise to learn that thermite isn’t just rust and aluminum powder, but describes any combination of metal powder, metal oxide, and optionally fuel mixed together in a reactive ratio. ...

[Robert Murray-Smith] presents for us an interesting electronic device from years gone by, before the advent of Silicon semiconductors, the humble metal oxide rectifier. After the electronic dust had ...

A procedure for the preparation of a copper(II) complex (CuFL) as a fluorescent nitric oxide (NO) detector is described. The fluorescein-based ligand FL can be synthesized in seven reaction steps ...