Bice is the name of two colours used in painting, one blue the other green, and both native carbonates of copper, though inferior kinds are also prepared artificially. Research Bice
Fluorides are the metalic salts of hydrofluoric acid. Calcium fluoride and cryolite are the most common fluorides, and occur naturally. Othe fluorides are prepared artificially by neutralizing the hydrofluoric acid with metallic hydroxides or carbonates. The term 'flouride' used in popular language refers to sodium flouride, which is controversially added to drinking water supposedly to help strengthen tooth enamel against decay. Research Fluoride
A flux is a substance or mixture added to assist the fusion of minerals. In the large way, limestone and fluorite are used as fluxes. In the smelting of iron the flux must be such that it will combine with the earthy matter of the ore, and form a slag, which must neither be too refractory nor fusible. The fluxes made use of in assays or chemical experiments consist usually of alkalies and alkaline salts, as borax, potassium cyanide, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, common salt, which render the earthy mixtures fusible by converting them into glass. The fluxes used in pottery are various, but almost all consist of litharge or red-lead, borax, carbonates of potassium and sodium, and sand. In soldering, a flux is a substance used to keep the surfaces which have to be soldered together clean, by reducing any oxides which may form to the metallic state. Research Flux
Rust is the product of the corrosion of iron or steel, due largely to electrolytic action. Rust consists mainly of hydrated ferric oxide with some basic ferrous or ferric carbonates also present. Research Rust
In geology, adobe are alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in containing carbonates and other soluble minerals. Research Adobe
Agaric Mineral or mountain-meal is one of the purest of the native carbonates of lime. It is found chiefly in the clefts of rocks and at the bottom of some lakes in a loose or semi-indurated form resembling a fungus. The name is also applied to a stone of loose consistence found in Tuscany, of which bricks may be made so light as to float in water, and of which the ancients are supposed to have made their floating bricks. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesium, mixed with lime, alumina, and a small quantity of iron. Research Agaric Mineral
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