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compound /com·pound/ (kom´pownd) 1. made up of two or more parts or ingredients. 2. a substance made up of two or more materials. 3. in chemistry, a substance consisting of two or more elements in union. 4. to combine to form a whole; unite. clathrate compounds inclusion complexes in which molecules of one type are trapped within cavities of another substance, such as within a crystalline lattice structure or large molecule. inorganic compound a compound of chemical elements containing no carbon atoms. organic compound a compound of chemical elements containing carbon atoms. organometallic compound one in which carbon is linked to a metal. quaternary ammonium compound an organic compound containing a quaternary ammonium group, a nitrogen atom carrying a single positive charge bonded to four carbon atoms, e.g., choline.
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The Shin-Etsu Group offers a broad array of market-leading products in its Organic and Inorganic Chemicals, Electronic materials and Functional Materials and Others businesses. And organic versus inorganic chemicals are defined based on whether or not they can be destroyed as follows: "Organic chemicals even those difficult to degrade can be destroyed when conditions are right. The sludge processing method sorts out efficiently impure substances, including pulp short-fibers and ink chemicals, to produce inorganic chemicals in fine grain forms and it ensures whiteness comparable to conventional clay-based inorganic additives. |
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