Crossword-Solution: MERCUROUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Mercurous | a. | Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion. |
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| of or containing mercury in the monovalent state | 1 answer |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with MERCUROUS (5)
The fumes of ammonia have formed the precipitate of black mercurous nitrate, a very distinct black writing which is almost indelible.
Mercury forms two series of salts, mercurous and mercuric, but for the purposes of the assayer the most important property is the ease with which it can be reduced to the metallic state from either of these.
Mercury is separated from its solutions by zinc or copper, or it may be thrown down by stannous chloride, which, when in excess, gives a grey powder of metallic mercury, or, if dilute, a white crystalline precipitate of mercurous chloride.
The solution containing the molybdate is neutralised and treated with an excess of mercurous nitrate.
The precipitate is allowed to settle for some time, filtered, and washed with a dilute solution of mercurous nitrate.