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stannous chloride

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, SnCl 2 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly as a reducing and tinning agent, and as a mordant in dyeing with cochineal.


Etymology

Origin of stannous chloride

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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A hydrated disulphide, Bi2S2�2H2O, is obtained by passing sulphuretted hydrogen into a solution of bismuth nitrate and stannous chloride.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

Another process is to boil the gun-cotton, &c., in a solution of sodium stannate made by adding caustic soda to a solution of stannous chloride, until the precipitate first formed is just re-dissolved.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

Copper oxide 0.0294 Grains per pound 2.06 Equivalent to copper sulphate 3.95 Tin dioxide 0.0068 Grains per pound 0.48 Equivalent to stannous chloride 0.6 Minimum doses 9.6 Maximum doses 1.2 No visible erosion.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various

The antimony is precipitated as metal, and the tin remains in solution as stannous chloride.

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

Tin in solution as stannic or stannous chloride is precipitated as metal by means of zinc.

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

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