plumbic

[ pluhm-bik ]

/ ˈplʌm bɪk /

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adjective Chemistry.

containing lead, especially in the tetravalent state.

Nearby words

plumbeous, plumber, plumber's helper, plumber's snake, plumbery, plumbic, plumbicon, plumbiferous, plumbing, plumbism, plumbous

Origin of plumbic

1790–1800; < Latin plumb(um) lead + -ic

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Plumbic sulphide is precipitated, and the liberated selenic acid separated by filtration is concentrated until it acquires a sp.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
The plumbic seleniate is suspended in water and decomposed by means of a current of sulphuretted hydrogen.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
Plumbic acetate gives a purplish-red precipitate, mercuric cyanide a blue one, the supernatant liquid being also blue.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
Chemically it is converted by nitric acid and chlorine into an insoluble substance--plumbic acid or the cyanide of lead.
Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870|Various

The residue dissolved in water is mixed with a solution of plumbic nitrate, an insoluble plumbic seleniate being precipitated.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for plumbic

plumbic

/ (ˈplʌmbɪk) /

adjective

of or containing lead in the tetravalent state

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plumbic

adjective Chemistry.

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plumbic

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plumbic

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