During the 1960s, esters (organic compounds that are products of reactions between organic acids and alcohols) of oxalic acid were found that, when oxidized in nonaqueous solvents in the presence of highly fluorescent aromatic compounds, emit brilliant light with an efficiency up to 23 percent.
There are, however, some compounds that exhibit brilliant chemiluminescence, the best known being luminol, which, when oxidized by hydrogen peroxide, can yield a strong blue or blue-greenish chemiluminescence.
Areas that are more brilliant refer to organic polymer compounds.
Certain compounds of chromium are used to provide chrome yellows, oranges, and greens, while various compounds of cadmium yield brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds.
Constructed of cubes and strokes of color and framed by auxiliary structures, the compound rests comfortably against the brilliant backdrop and the slick, luminescent pathway.
The brilliant and intense colours of many coordination compounds, such as Prussian blue, render them of great value as dyes and pigments.
Moreover, he says, both artifacts and bodies in the tombs were often "painted from head to foot in cinnabar," a brilliant vermillion pigment made from a mercury-sulfur compound, which could have contaminated the scientists' measurements.
From start to finish, the comedy is brilliant, and the music of Blue Grassy Knoll compounds the pure pleasure.
— SCIENTISTS who develop drugs are familiar with disappointment — brilliant theories that don't pan out or promising compounds derailed by unexpected side effects.
In 1921 as a brilliant young chemist at General Motors he discovered that adding the compound tetra-ethyl lead made engines run more efficiently, eliminating the uncontrolled knocking of early motorcars.
