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chemistry

(Encyclopedia)chemistry, branch of science concerned with the properties, composition, and structure of substances and the changes they undergo when they combine or react under specified conditions. Organic chemi...

Hofu

(Encyclopedia)Hofu hōˈfo͞o [key], city, Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Suo Sea. It is a ...

germicide

(Encyclopedia)germicide jûrˈmĭsīd [key], chemical substance capable of killing many different types of microorganisms; also called disinfectant. ...

Rocky Hill

(Encyclopedia)Rocky Hill, town (1990 pop. 16,554), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford, on the Connecticut River; settled c.1650, inc. 1843. Chemical coatings and synthetic textiles are made there. Ro...

Ulhasnagar

(Encyclopedia)Ulhasnagar o͞olˈhəsnəgər [key], city (1991 pop. 368,772), Maharashtra state, W central India. It is a residential and industrial suburb of Mumbai, with chemical and textile chemicals. It lies in ...

West Bromwich

(Encyclopedia)West Bromwich brŭmˈĭj, –ĭch, brŏmˈwĭch [key], town, Sandwell borough, W central England. On the site of a 12th-century Benedictine priory, West Bromwich has foundries and engineering and chem...

Shimada

(Encyclopedia)Shimada shĭmäˈdä [key], city (1990 pop. 73,810), Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Oi River. It is a distribution point for timber and rice and a center for woodworking, chemica...

Saint Helens

(Encyclopedia)Saint Helens, metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 114,397), NW England, in the Greater Liverpool metropolitan area. It is a major center of glass manufacture in England. The city also has iron and brass f...

Prussian blue

(Encyclopedia)Prussian blue, pigment widely used for laundry bluing, in dyeing compounds, and in the manufacture of inks and paints. Several varieties are known, one of which consists of the chemical compound ferri...

Orekhovo-Zuyevo

(Encyclopedia)Orekhovo-Zuyevo əryĕˈkhəvə-zo͞oˈyĭvə [key], city (1989 pop. 137,000), W central European Russia, on the Klyazma River. There is a large textile industry (dating from the 18th cent.) and a maj...