tellurous

American  

[tel-yer-uhs, te-loor-uhs] / ˈtɛl yər əs, tɛˈlʊər əs /

adjective

Chemistry.

1. containing tetravalent tellurium.

---

tellurous British  

/ tɛˈlʊərəs, ˈtɛljʊrəs /

adjective

1. of or containing tellurium, esp in a low valence state

---

Etymology

Origin of tellurous

First recorded in 1835–45; tellur(ium) + -ous

Example Sentences

When heated upon charcoal in the oxidation flame, it melts, and is reduced to the metallic state, but volatilizes and a sublimate of white tellurous acid is formed upon the charcoal.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

TELLURIUM.—This metal fuses with the greatest readiness, and is reduced to vapor under both flames with fumes, and coats the charcoal with a deposit of tellurous acid.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

Heated still more strongly, it becomes milk-white, oxygen is expelled, and it is converted into tellurous acid.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

This solution is colorless, and is tellurous acid, dissolved in sulphuric acid.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

Telluric acid produces the same reactions with the blowpipe reagents as tellurous acid.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous