deliquescent
[ dĕl′ĭ-kwĕs′ənt ]
Relating to a solid substance that absorbs moisture from the air and becomes liquid. Deliquescent substances usually absorb so much moisture from the air that they form a strong solution. Potassium hydroxide is deliquescent.
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How to use deliquescent in a sentence
A deliquescent black powder, with a caustic taste, and empyreumatic smell; 10 gr.
White deliquescent substance, and violent poison, readily soluble in water to the acid.
When the mass cools it becomes a yellowish, transparent, glacial substance, tough and deliquescent.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians | William K. DavidOn this account the deliquescent acetates of iron and alumina are more ready to aid the dyeing of cotton than copperas and alum.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreIt may here be observed, that such an article contains several deliquescent salts, and is much more soluble than pure nitre.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
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