hydriodic acid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hydriodic acid
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 equation is H2S + 2I = 2HI + S. The hydriodic acid formed in this way dissolves in the water.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
With a solution of the gas in water, each bubble of fluorine produces an explosion and flame, as in case of hydriodic acid.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
The salts of hydriodic acid, the iodides, are, in general, similar to the chlorides and bromides.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
The action altogether corresponded with that on a dilute muriatic or hydriodic acid.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
