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Practical Applications of Coordination Compounds

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Metal ions can complex with a variety of molecular species to form coordination compounds/ complex ions. These coordination compounds/complex ions differ appreciably from each other and also from their constituent species. These aspects of coordination compounds/complex ions have been exploited in many ways. Some of the major applications of the coordination compounds are described below. … Read more

Prevention from Rusting

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There are some common methods used from preventing the rusting of iron which are described here below: i) By surface coating Rusting of iron can be prevented by coating the iron surface with oil, grease, paint and varnish, etc. Image source: Tampasteel ii) By electroplating iron with corrosion-resistant metals Certain metals like nickel, chromium do … Read more