stannic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of stannic
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The cotton is then worked in a solution of tartar emetic or stannic chloride, so that the tannic acid absorbed by the fibre may be fixed upon it as insoluble tannate of antimony or tin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
The substance contains the tin as stannic oxide, SnO2, and the phosphorus as phosphoric oxide, P2O5.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
Yellow precipitates are formed by hydrogen sulfid and ammonium sulfid in stannic solutions.
From Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth by Henry Lovejoy Ambler
Aqua regia dissolves tin readily, forming stannic chloride, and in this solution the metal is detected by precipitation with sulphuretted hydrogen, which gives a yellow precipitate.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
The ease with which stannous chloride takes up chlorine to form stannic chloride makes it a good reducing agent in many reactions, changing the higher chlorides of metals to lower ones.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
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