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stannic chloride

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl 4 , 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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By treating a solution of stannous chloride with aqua regia, stannic chloride is formed: SnCl2 + 2Cl = SnCl4.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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

What are the products of hydrolysis when stannic chloride is used as a mordant?

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Since some stannic chloride will have been lost in the evaporation, a low result may be expected.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

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 McPherson, William

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