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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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A deliquescent black powder, with a caustic taste, and empyreumatic smell; 10 gr.
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White deliquescent substance, and violent poison, readily soluble in water to the acid.
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When the mass cools it becomes a yellowish, transparent, glacial substance, tough and deliquescent.
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On this account the deliquescent acetates of iron and alumina are more ready to aid the dyeing of cotton than copperas and alum.
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It may here be observed, that such an article contains several deliquescent salts, and is much more soluble than pure nitre.
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