stannic chloride

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noun Chemistry.

a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl4, soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.

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Also called tin chloride, tin tetrachloride.

Words nearby stannic chloride

Stannaries, stannary, stannate, stannic, stannic acid, stannic chloride, stannic oxide, stannic sulfide, stannic sulphide, stanniferous, stannite

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Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The same effect may be produced by dipping the straw into the chloride of lime dissolved in water.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
There had never been screens on a barn in Bentford before, however, nor any chloride of lime used.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
It gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme

An alcoholic solution of this substance gave a dark color with ferric chloride and a light colored precipitate with lead acetate.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme

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