hydriodic acid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hydriodic acid
First recorded in 1810–20
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Write the equations for the reaction taking place when hydriodic acid is prepared from iodine, phosphorus, and water.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
Hydriodic acid.—A solution of hydriodic acid was affected exactly in the same manner as muriatic acid.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
The action altogether corresponded with that on a dilute muriatic or hydriodic acid.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
Heated in contact with sulphureted hydrogen, it forms sulphides of boron and phosphorus and hydriodic acid, without liberation of iodine.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various
Give the formula for the salt which phosphine forms with hydriodic acid.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
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