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The Pharaoh’s Snake: A Chemical Reaction That Looks Like a Portal to Hell
At the heart of the Pharaoh’s Snake is a chemical called mercury(II) thiocyanate. When heated, mercury(II) thiocyanate ...
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Secretion of the Thiocyanate Ion by the Nasal Gland of the Adelie Penguin
ANALYSIS of the secretion from the nasal gland of marine birds indicates that the secretory mechanism is highly specific for sodium and/or chloride. Only very small amounts of potassium, magnesium ...
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Scientists build 23.2%-efficient lead tin perovskite solar cell with improved lifetime
The researchers built the cell with a hole transport layer (HTL) based on PEDOT:PSS and were reportedly able to reduce the losses caused by this compound with the utilization of a thiocyanate ...
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Purification of RNA from cells and tissues by acid phenol–guanidinium thiocyanate–chloroform extraction
Cells are homogenized in guanidinium thiocyanate and the RNA is purified from the lysate by extraction with phenol-chloroform at reduced pH 1. This method allows many samples to be processed ...