stannic chloride

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.

Example Sentences

Stannic oxide when ignited with chlorides is more or less completely converted into stannic chloride, which volatilises.

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

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Double salts of cerous chloride with stannic chloride, mercuric chloride, and platinic chloride are also known.

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By adding hydrate of potassium or an alkaline carbonate to a solution of stannic chloride.

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

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