Always make sure you have read the corresponding MSDS beforehand and wear safety goggles and chemically resistant gloves when working with solid chemicals, and make sure to share a TRA (Task Risk Analysis) or a complete operating procedure with the technicians. After they approve the operating procedure, which should include the transportation of the chemical to the lab and how to throw it away, you should be able to confidently use this chemical.
¶ List of common solid chemicals
Some commonly used solid chemicals (primarily metals, compounds and ceramics) in the lab:
- Ag / silver
- Al / aluminium
- Al2O3 / sapphire
- Au / gold
- Co / cobalt
- Cr / chromium
- Cr2O3 / chromium(III) oxide / chromia
- CrO3 / chromiumtrioxide
- Cu / copper
- Cu99Bi0.5
- Fe / iron
- FeGe
- Ga / gallium
- GaAs / gallium-arsenide
- GdNi
- Hf / hafnium
- ITO / indium tin oxide
- Mo / molybdenum
- MoGe / molybdenum-germanium
- Nb / niobium
- NbN / niobium nitride
- NbTiN / niobium titanium nitride
- NbGe
- Ni / nickel
- Pb / lead
- Pt / platinum
- Py / permalloy / NixFey
- Si / silicon
- Si3N4 / silicon nitride
- SiO2 / silicon oxide
- SiOx / silicon oxide
- Ta / tantalum
- TaCu
- Ti / titanium
- W / tungsten
- W(CO)6 / tungsten hexacarbonyl
- Zr / zirconium
- ZrN / zirconium nitride
- Zr2ON2 / zirconium oxy-nitride / Cernox™