School Science Lessons
Chemistry index and minerals M
2012-05-19 SP
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Table of contents
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Index, items M
MacConkey agar
MacConkey broth, purple, granules
Mad cow disease, prions: 16.3.6.0.3
Magdala red: 16.3.5.6
Magnesium, Mg, alkaline earth metal
Magnesium compounds
Magneson 1, 4-(4-nitrophenylazo)-resorcinol, (precipitates Mg2+), Toxic if ingested, (use solid ethanol solution), Highly flammable
Magneson, 4-(4-nitrophenylazo)-1-napthol, (precipitates Mg2+), Toxic if ingested, (use solid ethanol solution), Highly flammable
Magnesite, bitter spar, MgCO3
Magnetite, Fe3O4
Maillard reaction, non-enzymatic browning: 19.3.4.4
Malachite, copper carbonate, Cu2(OH)2CO3, Cu[(OH)2.CuCO: 35.20.24 (Geology)
Malachite green
Malathion, maldison, organophosphate insecticide: 16.13.2
Maleic acid, C4H4O4
Malic acid, C4H60O5, HO2CCH2CHOHCO2H
Malleable, mechanical properties of materials, elastic, ductile: 34.5.0
Malonic acid, propanedioic acid, CH2(COOH)2
Malt extract agar, to identify fungi: 6.8
Maltodextrin
Maltose, Disaccharides, trisaccharides, tetrasaccharides, polysaccharides: 16.3.1.4.0
Mandelic acid
Manganate, Heat manganates: 8.3.6
Manganese
Manganese compounds
Manipulative skills, laboratory safety, teach manipulative skills: 3.2.4
Mannitol: 16.3.2.3
Mannose (D+) ("indigestible" hexose sugar): Sugars 16.3.1.1a
Marble chips
Marbling ink
Marcasite, FeS2
Margarine: 19.2.1.10
Margarine label: 19.4.3
Martensite: 7.9.37
Mascagnite, ammonium sulfate
Mass and weight: 8.1.0
Massicot, lead (II) oxide
Matches, safety matches
Material Safety Data Sheets, MSDS, (commercial internet service)
Materials science: 34.0.0
Mathematics, graphs: 2.0.0
Matter: 1.0
Matter as particles: 3.55
Matter, Elements and compounds, descriptions of common elements: 7.2.2
Matter, Sizes of particles of matter: 3.3.0
Mayonnaise: 7.8.1.0
MDF, medium density fibre board, particle board, laminated tube, (emits fine dust and formaldehyde when sanded)
Measurement: 6.0.0
Measurement, SI units, International system of units,
SYSTEME INTERNATIONAL D'UNITES: 6.3.0
Measurements, Common and miscellaneous measures: 3.5.4
Measurements, Different measurements, billion, trillion: 6.2.0
Measurements, Quantity of chemical to be used in experiments: 3.4.2
Measurements, Spoon volume: 3.5.1
Measuring cylinders / graduated cylinder: 1.29
Meat, roasting meat: 19.3.4.5
Mechanical properties of materials, elastic, ductile, malleable: 34.5.0
MEHQ, monomethyl ether of hydroquinone
Meitnerium, Mt, Table of the elements
MEKP, methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
Melamine, cyanamides, (inorganic, CN22-), ionization reaction of methylamine, cyanic acid, melamine: 16.2.4.2.1
Melamine, cyanuric acid, (CNOH)3, conditioner, stabilizer: 18.7.14
Melamine-formaldehyde, difficult to ignite, alkaline fumes, pale yellow flame (light blue-green edge), formaldehyde and fish-like smell
Melanterite, iron (II) sulfate (Geology)
Melting points
Mendelevium, Md, Table of the elements
Menthol, hexahydrothymol, Monoterpenes, C10, (2 isoprene units), C10H16: 16.3.5.1.1
Menthol, (pure solution may damage eyes and sensitize skin, but < 10 mg in throat medicine lozenges harmless)
"Mentos", Prepare carbon dioxide with spearmint sweet, "Mentos", and a cola drink: 13.7.8
Mercaptans, thiols, thio-alcohols: 16.1.3.3
Mercury: 3.0.0 Not permitted in schools
Mercury compounds, Mercuric salts, Not permitted in schools
Merschaum, H4Mg2Si3O10
Metaldehyde
Metals
Metam fungicide: 16.13.6.7
Metamorphic rocks, gneiss, schist, slate: 35.23.0 (Geology)
Metaphosphoric acid (sticks)
Methadone, morphine and derivatives, codeine, pethidine, heroin, methadone: 11.11.14
Methanal solution 40% W / V
Methane, CH4
Methanoic acid, CH2O2, formic acid, Harmful, Corrosive, Ionization reaction: 16.3.6.1.3
Methanol, CH3OH
Methiocarb, C11H15NO2S: 16.13.4.8
Methionine, CH3S(CH2)2CH(NH2)COOH, L- or S- isomer essential amino acid
Methionine, Table of the 20 α-amino acids: 16.3.6.1.2 (See 13.)
Methoprene insecticide
Methoxybenzene, anisole
Methoxychlor, Organochlorine insecticide: 16.13.3.2
2-methoxyethanol, methyl cellosolve, Toxic by all routes
2-methoxyethanol, Solution < 5%, Not hazardous, but should not be ingested
2-methoxyethanol, ethylene glycol monomethylene ether, methyl cellosolve, Toxic by all routes
Methoxyl, -OCH3
Methyl, CH3-
Methyl ethyl ketone, MEK, butanone, CH3COC2H5, epoxy resin adhesive curing agent, paint thinner, sweet odour
Methyl ethyl ketone, Toxic by all routes, irritant
Methylated spirits, (in spirit burner), Toxic if ingested or inhaled, Highly flammable, Describe spirit burner flame: 8.1.3.1
Methylated spirits, risk, Flammable: 7.9.22 (See 6.)
Metol, p-methyl aminophenol, 4-methyl aminophenol sulfate, elon, photography film developer, Toxic if ingested
Metre, length: 6.3.1.1
Metric conversion SI, CGS, (cgs) and FPS, (fps) conversion: 6.3.6
Meyer's albumen, adhesive to stick sections to microscope slides: 2.3
Mica group
Mica interference, (electronics): 27.5.3.7
Mica, powder
Mica, split crystals: 3.54.7
Microbiology, Biotechnology and microbiology
Microbiology, Safety in the microbiology laboratory: Microcline
Microcosmic salt, (evaporation from urine), prepare microcosmic salt, Na.NH4.H.PO4.4H2O: 12.13.5
micron, µ, micrometre, µm: 3.5.7
Micronization: 1.1.0
Micronization
Microscopes, care, use, staining techniques: 2.22.0
Microscopy adhesives: 2.0
Microscopy stains: 3.0
Microsmic salt, ammonium sodium hydrogen phosphate (V)-4-water, [Na(NH4)HPO4.4H2O], (from urine)
Microwave, cooking: 19.3.5
Microwave, electromagnetic spectrum: 27.1.0
Milk
Millerite, hair pyrites, NiS (Geology)
Millibar, statics of fluids, static pressure, the pascal, (Pa): 12.1.01
Millon's reagent, Highly toxic if ingested, Toxicity, Poisons and First Aid: 3.10.0
Millon's reagent, Tests for proteins, Millon's test: 16.6.7
Mineral deficiency experiment, hydroponics, soil-less culture solutions: 9.9.18
Mineral deficiency in soils: 16.13.8.1 (Agriculture)
Mineral oil, low value byproduct of petroleum distillation, usually 15 C to 40 C, many popular uses, lubricating light oil
Mineral turpentine, mineral turps, oil-based paint cleaning solvent, petroleum fraction b.p. 150oC - 200oC
Mineral turpentine contains aliphatic hydrocarbons, Toxic by all routes
Minerals, (different minerals), (Geology): 35.2.0
Minerals, Rocks and minerals, (properties), (Geology): 35.4.0
Mineral wool, rock wool, stone wool, mineral fibres, used for seed germination, insulation, filters
Minerals mined at the Broken Hill mines (Geology)
Minium, red oxide of lead, Pb3O4
Mirabilite, Glauber salt, Na2SO4.10H2O
Miscellaneous measures: 3.5.4
Mischmetal, Lanthanum and Cerium
Miscible, immiscible, Separate immiscible liquids of different density: 3.26
Miscible, immiscible, Separate mixture of immiscible liquids: 10.4.0
Miscible, Liquids float on liquids, miscible and immiscible liquids: 11.4.6.1
Miscible liquids: 3.16
Mix and dissolve (Primary): 2.41
Mix liquids (Primary): 2.42
Mixed base, iron oxide (black iron oxide), is a mixed base, Fe3O4: 12.8.10
Mixed oxides, Oxides, acidic, basic, amphoteric, neutral and mixed oxides: 12.17.0
Mixtures, Solutions and mixtures: 5.0.0
Mixtures and compounds, Synthesis reactions (combination reactions): 12.2.2.0
Model of atom, molecule and ion, Make molecular models: 3.5.1
Modelling clay, "Plasticine"
Mohs' scale of hardness: 35.10 (Geology)
Moisture content of plant organs and ash content of plant dry matter: 9.3.15
Moisture, How moisture comes out of the air: 37.25.0
Moisture, How moisture gets into the air: 37.15.0
Molality: 5.1.8
Molar mass, volume, heat capacity, molal concentration: 5.6.0
Molarity, concentration: 5.1.7
Mole, amount of substance: 5.1.0
Molecule
Molisch's test for carbohydrates, (α-naphthol in ethanol + unknown solution + conc. sulfuric acid, violet ring forms): 9.134
Molybdenum
Monazite CePO4
Monochloracetic acid, chloracetic acid
Monochlorobenzene. chlorobenzene
Monolayer, Measure the size of a carbon atom in a stearic acid molecule: 3.3.3.1
Monosaccharides: 16.3.1.3
Monosodium glutamate, MSG, sodium hydrogen glutamate, monosodium glutamate intolerance or allergy: 19.4.2.2.3
Montan acid esters, food additive E912, surface coating
Montmorillonite, smectite, (Al,Mg)[(OH2)Si4O10].(Na.Ca)x.4H2O: 35.22.4.3 (Geology)
Moonstone (Feldspars), K[(Si,Al)4O8]
Mordant, dyes using a mordant: 19.5.3
Mordant orange 1, alizarin yellow R, 3.2
Morphine and derivatives, codeine, pethidine, heroin, methadone, Abuse of volatile substances: 11.11.14
Mortar and pestles, Porcelain laboratory items: 1.23
Mortar, Make mortar: 3.66.4
Mothballs, naphthalene, Reactions of chlorine with benzene, dichlorbenzene, C4H4Cl2:  13.4.6
Motion, Senior Syllabus Physics 2007, Queensland Studies Authority: 3.
Motor car battery, lead cell accumulator: 2.87
mu, µ, micro-, one millionth, 10−6, (micron, micrometer, µm, 10−6 metres, microchip measurement)
Mudstone, siltstone, marl, loess: 35.22.8 (Geology)
Multiple reagent strip, glucose, bilirubin, ketone, specific gravity, pH, proteins, uroblilinogen: 19.1.20.5
Murexide, C8H8N6O6, ammonium purpurate, purple powder
Muriate of potash fertilizer, potassium chloride. Straight fertilizers and mixed fertilizers: 6.9.17.1
Muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid
Muscarine group of alkaloids: 16.3.6.2.15
Muscle, Anatomy and physiology of meat: 19.3.2
Muscovite mica (Geology)
Musk, muscone: 16.3.8
Mustards, two haloalkyl groups bound to a sulfur atom, [(XCH2CH2),2S] also nitrogen and phosphorus mustards, (XCH2CH2),2NR
Mutagenic substances, Health effects of chemicals: 15.2.8
Mutagenic: 5.5
Myristic acid
Magnesium, Mg, metal,  ribbon, turnings, wire, powder, wire, AAS solution, alloy > 50% Mg
Magnesium, Mg, Table of the elements
Magnesium ribbon
Magnesium properties: 7.2.2.25
Magnesium chemical reactions: 12.10.1
Magnesium / copper battery: 15.6.13
Magnesium, substances that gain mass when heated: 3.28.1
Magnesium, Toxicity: 3.6.9
Magnesium with copper (II) sulfate solution: 12.14.2.1
Magnesium with copper (II) sulfate solution: 14.1.2
Magnesium with hydrochloric acid, rate of reaction, concentration of reactants: 17.2.2.1
Magnesium with hydrochloric acid, rate of reaction, depends on concentration: 17.5.4.1
Magnesium with PTFE, 5.0
Burn magnesium ribbon in oxygen: 13.3.4
Corrosion of magnesium: 15.3.2
Deficiency symptoms and fertilizing the soil: 5.35.1 (See 6. Magnesium)
Group 6 tests for K+, Mg2+, Na+, NH4+: 12.11.4.6
Heat magnesium ribbon: 8.2.14
Heat magnesium, substances that gain mass when heated, magnesium ribbon: 3.28.1
Need for oxygen for corrosion of magnesium: 15.3.5
Olivine group: 35.18.0 (Geology)
Reactions of magnesium and its compounds: 12.10.1
Reduce carbon dioxide with burning magnesium: 3.34.4
Relative atomic mass of magnesium: 5.1.14
Tests for magnesium, heat charcoal with fusion mixture, note heated metal appearance: 12.11.3.8
Tests for magnesium in compounds: 12.4.12
Tests for magnesium, sodium carbonate test, Titan yellow test: 12.11.3.10.14
Magnesium compounds
Chrysotile, (main variety of asbestos), Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Magnesium acetate (tetrahydrate)
Magnesium bromide
Magnesium bromide diethyl etherate
Magnesium carbonate, 3MgCO3.Mg(OH),2.3H2O, Prepare magnesium carbonate precipitate: 7.6.5
Magnesium chloride, For 0.1 M soln., 20.3 g in 1 L water, Toxic if ingested
Magnesium fluoride
Magnesium glycinate
Magnesium hydrogen sulfite
Magnesium hydroxide, Dilute acids and hydroxides, magnesium hydroxide: 12.3.6
Magnesium iodide
Magnesium nitrate
Magnesium oxide, MgO, light powder, magnesite, magnesia, native magnesia, periclase, E530, thermoluminescent
Magnesium oxide,  magnesite, (antacid medicine)
Magnesium oxide, Substances that gain mass when heated, prepare magnesium oxide: 3.28.1
Magnesium oxide, Antacid medicine
Magnesium perchlorate, Mg(ClO4)2, Toxic if ingested, Corrosive to skin, Violently explodes with many materials,
Magnesium perchlorate, Anhydrone (trade name), powerful oxidizing agent, with water highly exothermic Not permitted in schools
Magnesium silicate
Magnesium sulfate
Magnesium thiosulfate, Olivine group, Mg2SiO4, (Mg Fe)2SiO4: 35.18.0 (Geology)
Talc, soapstone, steatite, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2: 35.23.7 (Geology)
Talcum powder
Vermiculite, (in potting mix), Mg2FeAl[(OH)2AlSi2O10Mg((H2O)4]: 35.22.4.6 (Geology)
Magnesium sulfate, MgSO4.7H2O, Epsomite, bitter salt, (kieserite)
Magnesium sulfate, constipation medicine, anticonvulsant medicine to prevent eclampsia
Magnesium sulfate, in  float tanks to relax muscles and generate feeling of well being
Magnesium sulfate, For 0.1 M soln., 24.7 g in 1 L water
Magnesium sulfate, Weight of magnesium in magnesium sulfate: 17.6.4
Magnesium sulfate-7-water, Epsom salts, prepare fruit salts, health salts: 19.2.13
Magnesium sulfate with ammonia: 12.4.10
Magnesium sulfate with sodium carbonate: 12.4.11
Heat magnesium sulfate-7-water crystals: 3.2.4
Weight of magnesium in magnesium sulfate: 17.6.4
Maleic acid, HCOOHC:CHCOOH, butenedioic acid, cis-butane-1,4-dioic acid, Toxic if ingested
Maleic anhydride, cis-butane-1,4-dioic anhydride, Toxic ingested
Malic acid DL-
Malonic acid, diethyl ester
Malonic acid disodium salt
Malonic acid, potassium bromate with propanedioic acid, Toxic if ingested, Double autocatalytic reaction, oscillating reaction: 17.3.7
Manganese, Mn, sheet, foil, granules, (powder is flammability hazard)
Manganese, Mn, Table of the elements
Mn, Manganese properties: 7.2.2.26
Manganese chemical reactions: 12.17.0
Manganese, Tests for manganese: 12.11.3.10.15
Bustamite, calcium manganese silicate, MnCaSiO6
Coronadite (lead manganese oxide)
Deficiency symptoms and fertilizing the soil: 5.35.1 (See 11. Manganese)
Garnet (spessartine) manganese aluminium silicate (Mn3Al2Si3O12)
Manganin, alloy, 13-18% manganese, 1.5-4% nickel, in resistors
Rhodonite, manganese silicate, (Mn,Ca)SiO3: 35.20.36 (Geology)
Rhodochrosite, manganese carbonate, MnCO3
Tests for manganese, sodium carbonate test, benzidine test: 12.11.3.10.15
Manganese compounds
The pigments Mars brown, burnt umber, raw umber, manganese blue, manganese violet and black 14 have significant toxicity.
Manganese (II) acetate tetrahydrate
Manganese (II) carbonate
Manganese (II) chloride, manganese chloride, (test for chromium), Toxic if ingested
Manganese (ll) chloride tetrahydrate
Manganese (II) oxide, MnO, manganous oxide, manganosite
Manganese (II) sulfate, MnSO4, manganous sulfate, pink powder,
Manganese (II) sulfate hydrated, MnSO4.H2O, Toxic if ingested
Manganese (II) sulfate monohydrate, MnSO4.H2O, For 0.1 M soln., 16.9 g in water
Manganese (III) acetylacetonate
Manganese (IV) oxide, MnO2, manganese dioxide, pyrolusite, manganite, Toxic if ingested
Manganese (IV) oxide, Solution / mixture of 25%, Not hazardous
Manganese (VII) oxide, manganese heptoxide, risk of explosion, Not permitted in schools
Manganese alum, MnAl2(SO4)4.22H2O, Apjohnite mineral
Manganese aluminium silicate, (Mn3Al2Si3O12), Mn3Al2[SiO4)3, garnet, spessartine, spessartite
Manganese aluminium silicate: 35.3.3.3 (Geology)
Manganese carbonate, rhodochrosite, used for craft: 35.20.35 (Geology)
Manganese silicate, rhodonite: 35.20.36 (Geology)
Heat manganates: 8.3.6
Heat potassium chlorate, manganese dioxide catalyst: 17.3.11
Hydrogen peroxide decomposition, with manganese (IV) oxide catalyst: 17.3.2
Hydrogen peroxide with manganese (IV) oxide, rate of reaction, height of suds: 17.1.5
Permanganates, hazards: 3.7.12
Prepare chlorine: 13.4.1.0 (See 6.)
Prepare manganates, MnO42-: 12.8.2
Prepare potassium permanganate, KMnO4: 12.8.3
Reactions of manganese (II) salts, Mn: 12.8.1
Melting points and boiling point: 22.4.0
Melting point of ice and freezing point of water: 7.4.3.0
Melting points and cooling curve of stearic acid: 7.4.1
Melting points of naphthalene: 3.2
Melting points of naphthalene using a capillary tube: 3.3
Melting points of solids: 7.4.0
Melting points of substances, candle wax, hexadecan-1-ol (cetyl alcohol): 7.4.2.0
Melting points of substances changed by impurities: 3.4
Separate with melting points: 10.7.0
Mercury compound,
Reactions of mercury compounds: 12.8.4
Merbromin, C20H8Br2HgNa2O6, "Mercurochrome", dark red fluorescein, 2% solution household antiseptic, no longer sold in USA
Mercury (I) nitrate
Mercury (I) perchlorate tetrahydrate
Mercury (II) acetate
Mercury (I) chloride
Mercury (II) chloride, HgCl2, Highly toxic if ingested or absorbed through skin
Mercury (II) chloride, Solution < 0.1% Not hazardous but should not be ingested
Mercury (II) cyanide
Mercury (II) fulminate, Hg(CNO)2.½H2O, cartridge detonators and percussion caps
Mercury (II) iodide
Mercury (II) nitrate 
Mercury (II) oxide, HgO, mercuric oxide, Highly toxic if ingested, cumulative poison
Mercury (II) oxide, Solid mixture < 0.1%, Not hazardous
Mercury (II) sulfide, HgS, cinnabar, metacinnabar
Mercury (II) sulfide pigment, (vermilion, cadmium vermilion red, red 106) are highly toxic cumulative poisons
Mercury, 1 mm mercury, Pressure definitions: 12.1.01
Mercury and dental amalgam
Mercury and mercury salts and compounds, safety: 3.6.10
Mercury fulminate, mercury (II) fulminate, Hg(CNO),2.1/2H2O, Hg(ONC)2, contact explosive,detonators, percussion caps
Mercury residues: 3.4
Cinnabar, cinnabarite, HgS, mercury (II) sulfide, (calomel found with cinnabar), red crystals, native vermilion), mercury ore .
Cinnabar: 35.20.10 (Geology)
Millon's reagent, Toxicity, Poisons and First Aid: 3.10.0
Reactions of mercury compounds: 12.8.4
Tests for proteins, Millon's test: 16.6.7
Mercury (I) chloride, Hg2Cl2 or HgCl, mercurous chloride, Low toxicity
Mercury (I) chloride, Calomel, horn quicksilver, Hg2Cl2: 35.20.10.1 (Geology)
Mercury (I) chloride, Calomel half cell: 15.6.15
Mercury (I) chloride, Calomel, Standard electrode potential: 3.84.6
Mercury (I) chloride, Solution / mixture < 25%, Not hazardous
Mercury (I) nitrate, mercurous nitrate dihydrate, low toxicity if pure chemical ingested
Mercury (I) nitrate, explosive mixture with combustibles or organic compounds
Mercury (I) nitrate, Solution < 0.1%, Not hazardous but use < 5 mL of 0.1 M per activity
Mercury (I) nitrate, Tests for proteins, Millon's test: 16.6.7
Mercury (II) iodide, HgI2, mercuric iodide, mercury iodide,
Highly toxic if ingested or absorbed through skin
Mercury (II) iodide, Solution < 0.1%, Not hazardous but should not be ingested
Mercury (II) iodide, Nessler's reagent / solution (K2HgI4, HgI2 in KI), tests for ammonium radical, NH4+: 12.11.3.10.2
Mercury (II) iodide, Old Nassau flag clock reaction, (orange and black) sodium metabisulfite, Mercury (II) iodide: 17.1.7
Metals
Acids with metal carbonates: 12.10.2.4
Alkalis with metals, NaOH: 12.7.3
Borax bead test to identify metals in metallic salts and minerals: 12.11.3.1
Different metals (Primary): 2.43
Dilute acids with carbonates, common carbonates: 12.3.9.0
Dilute acids with metals: 12.10.2.1
Dilute acids with metals, hydrochloric acid: 12.3.2
Dilute acids with metals, sulfuric acid and ethanoic acid: 12.3.2.1
Dilute acids with metals, sulfuric acid and iron: 12.3.3
Drink-cans to store non-alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, aerated waters: 19.3.6.15
Electrode potential of metals: 15.7.0
Flame tests to identify metals and their compounds: 12.11.3.2
Free element metals
Heat metals with oxides of another metal: 12.17.2.2
Heavy metals: 7.9.31
List of active metals: 1.17
List of heavy metal compounds: 1.14
List of metal powders: 1.18
Metal oxides
Metallic bonds: 3.01
Metallic bonds, Chemical bonds: 3.01.5
Metallic radicals, Tests for metallic radicals: 12.11c
Metallic salts, dyes using a mordant: 19.5.3
Metallic salts gels, calcium carbonate gel, calcium acetate gel: 7.8.5.4
Metalloids: Table 2
Metalloids: Table of the elements
Metals, Table 2
Metals and non-metals: 7.3.0
Metals in the kitchen, aluminium, iron, zinc, chromium: 19.6.3
Metals, non-metals, transition metals: 7.3.0
Metals, reactivity series, activity of metals as reducing agents: 12.14.0
Metals with acids: 12.3.2
Metals with copper (II) sulfate solution: 12.14.2
Metals with ligands: 12.15.6
Metals with steam: 12.15.3
Metals with water, reactions of metals with water: 12.15.0
Nitric acid with metals: 12.3.11.1
Reactions of metals with concentrated oxidizing acids: 12.14.04
Reactions of metals with ligands: 12.15.6
Reactions of metals with water: 12.15.0
Reduce metal oxides to metals with hydrogen gas: 3.41.3
Reduce metal oxides to metals, red lead to lead and oxygen: 10.10.1
Separate to metal by reduction of metal oxide, charcoal blocks: 10.10.0
Sodium with water: 3.73
Table 1: Periodic Table
Table 2: Table of the elements
Test metal ions in water, EDTA: 12.13.11
Toxicity of metals and metal compounds: 3.6.0
Metal oxides (basic oxides, metallic oxides), copper (II) oxide (copper oxide): 12.17.2
Acids and metallic oxides: 12.10.2.3
Alkalis with basic oxides, copper oxide: 12.7.5
Copper (II) oxide (copper oxide): 12.17.2
Dilute acids with basic oxides, copper (II) oxide: 12.3.5
Separate to metals by reduction of metal oxides, ores: 10.10.0
Methane gas, CH4, natural gas, marsh gas,  in oil wells, colourless, odourless gas, simplest alkane, Highly flammable
Natural gas, (hazards): 3.8.9
Natural gas, Flammable: 7.9.22 (See 5.)
Methane-producing bacteria: 3.44.13
Methane, (CH4), Prepare methane gas: 16.1.1a
Methane, CH4, methyl CH3-, Stem name: meth-: See diagram 16.0.1: methane molecule
Methane, Natural gas hazards: 3.8.9
Methanide = carbide
Methane with chlorine: 16.1.1a.2
Methane with steam: 3.39.1
Biogas: 2.1.4
Coal: 35.23.1 (Geology)
Coal seam gas, CSG, and coal to liquid, CTL, projects: 35.23.1.1 (Geology)
Composition of the atmosphere and greenhouse gases: 3.32.1 (See 3.)
CFCs, chlorofluorocarbons: 12.19.5.0
Dioxins, landfill gas, "Agent orange", polyvinyl chloride: 16.14.0
Methanotrophs: 3.44.12e
Model greenhouse to simulate the greenhouse effect: 37.43
Prepare methane gas: 16.1.1a
Prepare methane gas: 16.1.1a.01
Methane with steam: 3.39.1
Reduce copper oxide with natural gas, methane: 3.41.4
Renewable energy (landfill): 9.0.1 (See 3.)
Test gases from burning hydrocarbons: 16.4.6
Tests for methane gas, burn methane: 16.1.1a.02
Methanol, CH3OH, methyl alcohol, absolute, methanol pure, wood alcohol, meths, carbinol, colourless liquid, characteristic smell
Methanol, Toxic, poisonous if drunk, damages optic nerve to cause blindness, Highly flammable
Methanol, Chromatography of chlorophyll pigments: 6.5.5
Methanol, methyl alcohol, aromatic alcohols, phenyl methanol, (benzyl alcohol), (C6H5CH2OH),
Methanol: 16.3.4.0.9
Methanol, with platinum wire catalyst, catalytic oxidation: 17.3.12
Oxidation of methanol to methanal using platinum catalyst: 16.3.3
Shrinking mixture of liquids: 10.3.2
Methyl, CH3-,
2-methylpropan-1-ol, isobutanol, isobutyl alcohol, isopropyl carbinol, (CH3)2CHCH2OH
Dimethylglyoxime. (CH3C(NOH)C(NOH)CH3)
MEKP, methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
Methyl-2-cyanoacrylate, Toxic by all route, irritating pungent odour burns skin and eyes
Methyl-2-hydroxybenzoate, methyl salicylate, oil of wintergreen
Methyl-2-methylpropanoate, methyl methacrylate
Methyl acetate, methyl ethanoate, Toxic by all routes, Highly flammable, skin irritant, use < 50 mL or g
Methyl alcohol, methanol
Methyl benzene, C6H5CH3, toluene, toluol, colourless liquid: See diagram 16.8.1
Methyl benzene-4-sulfonamide, 4-methylbenzenesulfonamide, toluene-p-sulfonamide
Methyl benzoate, C6H5COOCH3, solution almost colourless, fragrant liquid, Toxic if ingested, use < 50 mL or g per activity
Methyl benzoate, Xylene and methyl benzoate, biology solution: 1.12
Methyl bromide, bromoethane, CH3Br: 12.19.5.2
Methyl butanoate, methyl butyrate, Flammable
Methyl carbamide, methylurea
Methyl cellulose, 2-methoxyethanol, methocel (low substitution), ethers based on cellulose, viscid solutions: 3.27
Methyl cellulose, E461 Methyl cellulose (vegetable gum) (HEALTH intestinal problems)
Methyl chloride, CH3Cl, chloromethane, anaesthetic, refrigerant
Methyl chloroform, 1,1,1-trichlorethane
Methyl cyclohexanol (IV), (3 isomers), fat solvent, its soaps in detergents
Methyl dopa, C10H13NO4, white powder, used in pharmacy to treat hypertension
Methyl ethyl ketone, CH3COCH2CH3, butan-2-one, ethyl methyl ketone, colourless volatile liquid, ethereal odour
Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, MEKP, Toxic if ingested (accelerant for resins and fibreglass),
MEKP, short shelf life, reacts with dangerous chemicals
Methyl green, pyronin 100, used to stain chromatin in microscopy
Methyl imidazole, 4-methylimidazole, 4-MEI, caramel colouring in cola drinks said to cause cancer
Methyl iodide, CH3I, iodomethane, Highly toxic by all routes, use < 5 mL of 0.1 M per activity, Highly toxic by all routes
Methyl iodide, Solution < 2% Not hazardous
Methyl isobutyl ketone, (CH3)2CHCH2COCH3, 4-methylpentan-2-one, hexone, solvent
Methyl isobutyl ketone, Toxic by all routes, highly flammable, b.p. 116oC
Methyl isobutyl ketone, Solution or mixture < 5%, Not hazardous
Methyl isocyanate, CH3NCO, Highly toxic by all routes, use < 5 mL or g, (epoxy resin accelerator)
Methyl isocyanate, (in insecticides, caused Bhopal disaster in India)
Methyl isocyanate, Solution < 5%, Not hazardous
Methyl methacrylate, CH2=C(CH3)COOCH3, 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid methyl ester,
Methyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate, Toxic by all routes
Methyl methacrylate, Solution < 1%, Not hazardous
Methyl methanoate, methyl formate, Toxic by all routes, flammable
Methyl orange,  (acid-base indicator, 1.6)
Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate, methyl paraben, Nipagin M, Toxic if ingested
Methyl paraben, methylparaben, CH3(C6H4(OH)COO, Nipigin, antifungal preservative, in Drosophila food
Methyl phenidate, medical drug used for nervous conditions
Methyl propional, isobutyraldehyde
Methyl red, (acid-base indicator, 2.0)
Methyl salicyclate, C6H4OHCO.OCH3, (in sweet birch tree and oil of wintergreen, flavour, perfume, medicine),
Methyl salicyclate, Prepare methyl salicylate, (oil of wintergreen): 16.5.5
Methyl sulfate, (CH3)SO4, colourless oil, used in chemistry to add methyl groups to molecules
Methyl sulfate, Very poisonous, Not permitted in schools
Methyl thionine chloride
Methyl urea, methylcarbamide, Toxic if ingested
Methyl violet, (acid-base indicator, 1.1)
Methyl yellow, (acid-base indicator, 1.5)
Methylamines, Amines, aliphatic amines, (RNH2-), R = alkyl group, ionization reaction of methylamine: 16.2.4.3
Methylation, addition of methyl, -CH3
Methylene blue: 5.6.5.4
Methylene chloride, CH2Cl2, dichloromethane, organic solvent, in paint strippers
Methylene iodide, CH2I2, di-iodomethane, relative density 3.32, used in ore flotation
p-methyl aminophenol sulfate, METOL
Plexiglas polymer, Thermoplastic, polymethyl methacrylate)
Polymethyl methacrylate, PMMA, acrylic glass, e.g. Plexiglass, Perspex (Lucite): 3.7.24
Milk: 19.2.23
Casein, milk casein, (artificial horn), thermoset plastics: 3.5.6
Colloids and crystalloids, Emulsion: 7.8.1.0
Micro-organisms and milk quality: 4.3.19
Milk agar medium: 9.1.2.19b
Prepare carbon dioxide with sour milk and baking soda: 19.1.7
Prepare casein with milk: 12.7.9
Prepare lactic acid with milk: 12.7.10
Prepare plastic with milk casein: 3.100
Secret writing inks, milk: 3.2.5.9
Split lactose from milk or whey using immobilized lactase: 4.2.11
Test for the fortification of milk with calcium carbonate: 19.2.23.1
Minerals: 35.3.0 (Geology)
Mineral deficiency experiment, hydroponics, soil-less culture solutions, Knop's solution: 9.9.18.3
Mineral salts, food additives: 19.4.4.21
Properties of minerals: 35.2.0 (Geology)
Rocks and minerals, classification, origin: 35.4.0 (Geology)
Separate heavy minerals by froth flotation: 10.8.0
Molecules: 4.0
Measure the size of an oil molecule in floating oil: 3.3.2
Breakdown large molecules to small molecules: 3.95.0
Elements and compounds, descriptions of common elements: 7.2.2
Molecular gastronomy, scientific study of food preparation
Molecular mass: 7.9.39
Molecular mass, Relative molecular mass of gases: 13.1.5a
Molecular spacing: 10.3.0
Prepare molecular models: 3.5.1
Size of a molecule: 3.57
Molybdenum, Mo, Table of the elements, metal
Molybdenum properties: 7.2.2.28
Molybdenite, MoS2, molybdic ochre: 35.20.28 (Geology)
Molybdenum (II) acetate dimer
Molybdenum (powder)
Molybdenum carbinol
Molybdenum hexacarbonyl
Molybdenum standard solution
Molybdenum trioxide, molybdenum oxide (VII), Toxic if ingested
Molybdic acid, Toxic if ingested
Molybdite, MoO2, molybdemum ochre
Deficiency symptoms and fertilizing the soil: 5.35.1 (See 12. Molybdenum)
3.39.1 Methane with steam
At 700oC and nickel catalyst forms hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
CH4 (g) + H2O (g) --> 3H2 (g) + CO (g)
3.41.4 Reduce copper oxide with natural gas, methane
1. Pass natural gas, about 95% methane, over heated copper (II) oxide powder. The reduction reaction is slow and may need twenty minutes of strong heating. The copper does not low with heating so it is not clear when all the copper oxide has been reduced.
4CuO (s) + CH4 (g) --> 4Cu (s) + 2H2O (l) + CO2 (g)
2. See: Metaldehyde
Repeat the experiment with a 1 cm cubic piece of metaldehyde in the reduction tube. The reduction is quicker.
3. Repeat the experiment with natural gas that has bubbled through ethanol. The reduction is quicker and a slight glow is seen as the copper oxide is reduced.
6CuO (s) + C2H5OH (l) --> 6Cu (s) + 3H2O (l) + 2CO2 (g)