periodide
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of periodide
1810–20; period(ic acid) + -ide ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Iodides of potassium, zinc and lead, protiodide of tin, periodide of mercury; fluoride of potassium; cyanide of potassium; sulpho-cyanide of potassium.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
I was unable to contrast it with the protiodide, the latter being converted into mercury and periodide by heat.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
I incline, however, to believe, that a portion of protiodide of mercury is retained dissolved in the periodide, and that to its slow decomposition the feeble conducting power is due.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
Even when a little of the protiodide and iodine are merely rubbed together in a mortar, a portion of the periodide is formed.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
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