tellurous
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Telluric acid is reduced to tellurous (with evolution of chlorine) on boiling with hydrochloric acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThis solution is colorless, and is tellurous acid, dissolved in sulphuric acid.
tellurous Acid (TeO2) is of a fine, granulous, crystalline or white earthy mass, which is partly soluble in water.
With carbonate of soda, tellurous acid fuses upon platinum wire to a clear colorless bead, which is white when cold.
Heated still more strongly, it becomes milk-white, oxygen is expelled, and it is converted into tellurous acid.
British Dictionary definitions for tellurous
/ (ˈtɛljʊrəs, tɛˈlʊərəs) /
of or containing tellurium, esp in a low valence state
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