I’m nasty, but useful in the lab. What molecule am I? In German Patent 182,287 (1905), inventor Max le Blanc of Leipzig described an electrolytic method for the continuous production for chromic acid ...

Titanium has high resistance to oxidizing acids over a broad range of temperatures and concentrations. Standard acids in this group include nitric, perchloric, chromic, and hypochlorous (wet Cl 2) ...

The oxidation of 2:4: 4-trimethylpentene-1 [α–diisobutylene] [I] by chromium tri-oxide dissolved in acetic anhydride yields a neutral oil containing largely 2: 4: 4-trimethylpentan-1: 2-epoxide [II] ...

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This specimen is one of 115 samples of "fine and rare chemicals" produced by John Uri Lloyd for display at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1875. Lloyd was presumably awarded a "blue ribbon" ...