antimony pentoxide
[ pen-tok-sahyd ]
nounChemistry.
a white or yellowish, water-insoluble powder, Sb2O5, used chiefly in the synthesis of antimonates.
- Also called antimonic acid .
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How to use antimony pentoxide in a sentence
It consists essentially of phosphate and antimoniate of lime with free antimonic acid.
It is very unstable, and easily changes into antimonic acid, even in water.
Antimonic acid and its hydrate changes moistened blue litmus paper to red.
Antimonic acid, when first heated, becomes white, and is converted into antimonious acid.
It differs from common antimonic acid in being tetra, and forming two different classes of salts with the acids.
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