stannous chloride

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of stannous chloride

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The ignited precipitate is then dissolved with sulphuric and hydrochloric acids; and the iron determined in the solution by titration with the solution of stannous chloride.

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

Uranic salts, on the other hand, are easily reduced by sulphuretted hydrogen, stannous chloride or zinc.

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

If the stannous chloride is in excess, the reaction may go further, producing metallic mercury: SnCl2 + 2HgCl = SnCl4 + 2Hg.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Fourth, they are precipitated from their solutions by many metallic salts, such as lead acetate, stannous chloride, potassium bichromate, etc.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Boiling with stannous chloride solution reduces it to the metal; digestion with potassium iodide gives mercurous iodide.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various