hydriodic acid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hydriodic acid
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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They are not decomposed by boiling alkalis, but on heating with hydriodic acid they split into their components.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
The “available” chlorine content of the chloramines is double the actual chlorine content as each atom of chlorine will liberate two atoms of iodine from hydriodic acid.
From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph
But when a puff of the fumes of hydrochloric acid, hydriodic acid, or nitric acid is thrown into the beam, there is a complete reversal of the selenite tints.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
It is not reduced by hydriodic acid and phosphorus, but sodium in the presence of amyl alcohol reduces it to tetrahydrodiphenyl C12H14.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
C.; by this means 6-amino-2.8-dichlorpurin is obtained, which on reduction by means of hydriodic acid and phosphonium iodide is converted into adenine.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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