Crossword-Solution: TELLUROUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tellurous | a. | Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid. |
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| of or containing tellurium, esp in a low valence state | 1 answer |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with TELLUROUS (5)
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.
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.
With carbonate of soda, tellurous acid fuses upon platinum wire to a clear colorless bead, which is white when cold.
Heated still more strongly, it becomes milk-white, oxygen is expelled, and it is converted into tellurous acid.
Telluric acid is reduced to tellurous (with evolution of chlorine) on boiling with hydrochloric acid.