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nickelic

American

[ni-kel-ik, nik-uh-lik] / nɪˈkɛl ɪk, ˈnɪk ə lɪk /

adjective

Chemistry.

of or containing nickel, especially in the trivalent state.

nickelic British

/ nɪˈkɛlɪk /

adjective

of or containing metallic nickel
of or containing nickel in the trivalent state

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Etymology

Origin of nickelic

First recorded in 1820–30; nickel + -ic

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Preference is here given to iron crucibles, because the resulting ferric hydroxide is more readily brought into solution than the nickelic oxide from a nickel crucible.

From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Henry P. Talbot

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