hydriodic acid
a colorless corrosive liquid, HI, an aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide.
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They are not decomposed by boiling alkalis, but on heating with hydriodic acid they split into their components.
Reducing agents (zinc and caustic alkali, hydriodic acid, sodium amalgam, &c.) convert it into succinic acid.
Give the formula for the salt which phosphine forms with hydriodic acid.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPhersonWrite the equations for the reaction taking place when hydriodic acid is prepared from iodine, phosphorus, and water.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPhersonThis change can be effected in the laboratory only by heating with hydriodic acid.
Alcoholic Fermentation | Arthur Harden
British Dictionary definitions for hydriodic acid
/ (ˌhaɪdrɪˈɒdɪk) /
the colourless or pale yellow aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide: a strong acid
Origin of hydriodic acid
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