stannic oxide
nounChemistry.
a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO2, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
Origin of stannic oxide
1First recorded in 1840–50
- Also called tin ash.
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How to use stannic oxide in a sentence
This will bring his result, if calculated as stannic oxide, to 80.9 lbs.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringerstannic oxide when ignited with chlorides is more or less completely converted into stannic chloride, which volatilises.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerIgnite and weigh as stannic oxide, and add it to that previously obtained.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThe residue is weighed as stannic oxide (SnO2); and is calculated to metallic tin by multiplying by 0.787.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringerstannic oxide is of interest, since it is the chief compound of tin found in nature.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPherson
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