hydriodic acid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hydriodic acid
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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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 “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
The action altogether corresponded with that on a dilute muriatic or hydriodic acid.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
With hydriodic acid it gives only β-iodobutyric acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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
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