acid anhydride
Britishnoun
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Like most of the oxides of the non-metallic elements, carbon dioxide is an acid anhydride.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
The metallic oxide combines with this excess of acid anhydride, forming a mixed salt of metaboric acid.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
Whereas, until recently, tannin had been considered to be gallic acid anhydride, or digallic acid, closer investigations have revealed that neither is tannin digallic acid nor is the synthetically prepared digallic acid identical with tannin.
From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg
The reason that metallic oxides dissolve in borax is that borax contains an excess of acid anhydride, as can be more easily seen if its formula is written 2NaBO2 + B2O3.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
To understand the reaction which occurs, it must be remembered that a volatile acid anhydride is expelled from its salts when heated with an anhydride which is not volatile.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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