Inorganic chemistry developed in the nineteenth century, after organic and physical chemistry developed into their own branches, the field that remained was inorganic chemistry.

While inorganic chemistry is defined differently from organic chemistry, there is still an overlap between the two areas of study. While organic chemistry is concerned with compounds made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, inorganic chemistry explores metals, minerals and organometallic compounds. The overlap occurs mainly with organometallic compounds, since they often contain at least one metal or metalloid bonded directly to a carbon.

Inorganic chemistry can be further divided into categories such as coordination chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, synthetic inorganic chemistry, and as mentioned previously, organometallic compounds, among others.

Inorganic chemistry plays an important part in the economies of industrialized countries. Its compounds are used in a variety of applications such as pigments, surfactants, medicines, fuels, catalysts during synthesis, and many more. Usually, inorganic compounds have high melting points and specific electrical conductivity that prove to be useful for chemical reactions.One of the inorganic compounds that Laurus offers is the white pigment titanium dioxide Tioxhua R-216 from our principal CNNC Hua Yuan Shanghai Titanium Dioxide. This pigment is regularly used in paints, plastics and inks. Its wide usage is due to the fact that it is a color critically needed in the coloration of many hues and it also has good covering power, which is a much sought after specification among industrial producers.

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