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Imhoff tank

The Imhoff tank, patented as the Emscherbrunnen in 1906, is a two-story wastewater treatment tank that settles sewage in an upper compartment and digests the sludge anaerobically below.

Imhotep (Imouthes), Third Dynasty Egyptian vizier and architect credited with Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, c. 2667–2600 BCE; later deified as god of wisdom and medicine and identified by Greeks with Asclepius.

Imhotep (The Mummy)

Imhotep is the villain of The Mummy (1999), played by Arnold Vosloo: a cursed Egyptian high priest mummified alive for murdering Pharaoh Seti I, who returns to resurrect his lover Anck-su-Namun at Hamunaptra.

Sep 19, 2026

Imi (king of Akkad)

Imi was a king of Akkad named in the Sumerian King List as one of four rivals who shared a 3-year reign after Shar-Kali-Sharri's death, around 2192–2190 BC.

IMI Galil

The IMI Galil, also called the Galil rifle, is a 5.56 mm NATO assault rifle designed by Yisrael Galili and Yakov Lior, adopted by Israel's IDF in 1972.

IMI Kolkata

IMI Kolkata (International Management Institute Kolkata) is a private, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group business school in Alipore, Kolkata, founded around 2010-2011, offering an AICTE-approved, NBA and AMBA-accredited two-year PGDM, ranked 42 in NIRF Management 2025.

Imibenconazole

Imibenconazole (HF 6305, HF 8505) is a triazole DMI fungicide, FRAC code 3, inhibiting sterol 14α-demethylase; used on fruit and ornamentals, registered in Japan, not EU-approved.

Imibengo

Imibengo, glossed as "Titbits", is a 1935 anthology of Xhosa poetry, prose and journalism compiled by W. G. Bennie and published by the Lovedale Press, reprinted thereafter.

Imibongo yakaMqhayi

Imibongo yakaMqhayi ("Mqhayi's poems") is the body of poetry, largely in isiXhosa, by Samuel Mqhayi (1875–1945), the praise poet known for the Mendi poems and honored as the National Poet of the amaXhosa.

Imicyafos

Imicyafos (イミシアホス) is an organophosphorus phosphonothioate nematicide developed by Agro Kanesho, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used in Japan and Korea against root-knot, root-lesion, and cyst nematodes; not EU-approved.

Imidacloprid

Imidacloprid, also sold as Gaucho, Admire, Merit, and Advantage, is the first commercialized neonicotinoid insecticide (Bayer, early 1990s), a systemic nitroguanidine that irreversibly blocks insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and is highly toxic to bees and aquatic insects.

Imidafenacin

Imidafenacin (KRP-197/ONO-8025) is a selective M3 antimuscarinic for overactive bladder, dosed 0.1 mg twice daily, 57.8% oral bioavailability, ~3 h half-life, approved in Japan.

Imidapril

Imidapril (Tanatril) is a long-acting prodrug ACE inhibitor, activated to imidaprilat in the liver, used for hypertension, renal parenchymal hypertension, type 1 diabetic nephropathy, and chronic heart failure; first approved 1993.

Imidazole

Imidazole, also called 1,3-diazole, is a five-membered aromatic organic compound with two nitrogen atoms and formula C₃H₄N₂, forming the core of histidine, histamine, purines, and biotin.

Imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase, subunit H

HisH is the glutamine amidotransferase (class I GATase) subunit of bacterial imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase; with HisF it converts PRFAR and glutamine to IGP, AICAR, and glutamate, channeling ammonia about 25 Å between active sites.

Imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase

Imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase (IGPD, EC 4.2.1.19; HISN5/HIS3/HisB) is a Mn(II)-dependent 24-meric enzyme catalyzing the sixth step of histidine biosynthesis in plants and microbes, a herbicide and antimicrobial drug target.

Imidazolidine

Imidazolidine is a saturated five-membered heterocyclic compound with two nitrogen atoms and formula C3H8N2, the fully hydrogenated form of imidazole, used as a building block in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry.

Imidazolium chloride

Imidazolium chloride, the monohydrochloride salt of imidazole, also names the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquids, the most widely investigated ionic-liquid family, used in cellulose dissolution, electrolytes, and CO2 capture.

Imide

An imide is a functional group in which a single nitrogen atom is bonded to two carbonyl groups, known for examples such as succinimide and phthalimide, the brominating reagent N-bromosuccinimide, and polyimide polymers.

Imiglitazar

Imiglitazar (TAK-559) is a Takeda dual PPARα/γ agonist (glitazar) for type 2 diabetes; phase 3 development was discontinued in 2004 after liver enzyme abnormalities, and it was never approved.

Imiglucerase

Imiglucerase (Cerezyme) is a CHO-cell recombinant glucocerebrosidase for intravenous enzyme replacement therapy in non-neuronopathic Gaucher disease, FDA-approved 1994, dosed 60 U/kg every other week.

Sep 19, 2026

Imilce

Imilce, or Himilce in the Spanish spelling, was an Iberian woman from Castulo who married Hannibal Barca in the late 3rd century BC; her life after the marriage is unknown.

Sep 19, 2026

iMile Delivery

iMile Delivery is a Dubai-based logistics company founded in 2017 by Rita Huang Zhen that delivers parcels from Chinese sellers to the Middle East and beyond.

Imilorskoye Oil Field

The Imilorskoye oil field, formally the A. Usoltsev Field since 2022, is a large oil field in western Siberia operated by LUKOIL, with recoverable reserves of more than 100 million tonnes.

Imine

An imine is an organic compound with a carbon–nitrogen double bond, the nitrogen analog of an aldehyde or ketone, formed by condensation of a carbonyl compound with a primary amine.

Imine umpolung

Imine umpolung is a strategy in organic synthesis that reverses the normal polarity of an imine's C=N bond, letting the imine carbon react as a nucleophile with carbon electrophiles.

Iminoboronate chemistry

Iminoboronate chemistry uses imines paired with ortho arylboronic acids to form reversible covalent bonds with amines in water, a standard tool for bioconjugation and probes.

Iminoctadine

Iminoctadine (双胍辛胺), a bis-guanidine FRAC M07 multi-site fungicide (CAS 13516-27-3), sold as triacetate and tris(albesilate) salts; used in Asia and South America for citrus postharvest decay, anthracnose, and powdery mildew; not EU-approved.