The first 'reaction' that we tried for our hand warmer involved dissolving potassium carbonate (K 2 CO 3) in water. Potassium carbonate is one of the chemicals left behind in the ashes of burnt wood.

Stanford scientists have discovered how to turn common minerals into materials that spontaneously remove and store carbon ...

Sodium carbonate may cause skin and serious eye irritation ... Explain that “soap scum” is a common example of a precipitate that forms when certain minerals in water react with soap molecules. Tell ...

Metals, bases, certain metal hydroxides and certain metal carbonates, are insoluble in water ... that the reaction stops fizzing. You filter the mixture to remove the excess base/carbonate ...

Special reaction conditions are required to obtain hydrogen peroxide from the splitting of water. It was known that the presence of carbonate is useful. But why this is the case was unclear.

By Nancy Huddleston, Correspondent Lab results on drinking water samples taken in Savage show a chemical reaction is to blame for the residue problems residents reported after the city started ...

Stanford University chemists have developed a practical, low-cost way to permanently remove atmospheric carbon dioxide, the ...