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iodic acid

American  

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a colorless or white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, HIO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.


iodic acid British  

noun

  1. a colourless or pale yellow soluble crystalline substance that forms acidic aqueous solutions. Used as a reagent and disinfectant. Formula: HIO 3

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of iodic acid

First recorded in 1820–30

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The reaction of iodine with concentrated nitric acid produces stable white iodic acid, HIO3:

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Some iodine comes from the oxidation of iodine chloride, ICl, or iodic acid, HlO3.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

The chemical reaction by which the iodine is liberated from this compound is a complicated one, depending on the fact that sulphurous acid acts upon iodic acid, setting iodine free.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Iodphenol is obtained by the action of iodine and iodic acid on phenol dissolved in a dilute solution of caustic potash.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

With iodine compounds, iodic acid is likely to be formed, and hence the solution must be reduced with sulphurous acid before precipitation with silver nitrate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

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