selenious acid
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H2SeO3, used chiefly as a reagent.
Origin of selenious acid
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Sulphurous acid has no action on selenic acid, but instantly decomposes the selenious acid.
When this is dissolved in water it yields a crystalline hydrate of selenious acid (H2SeO3).
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyThe salts formed by selenious acid (selenites), with the exception of those of the alkali metals, are mostly insoluble in water.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
British Dictionary definitions for selenious acid
a white soluble crystalline strong dibasic acid analogous to sulphurous acid. Formula: H 2 SeO 3
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