telluric acid
a white, toxic, crystalline compound, H6TeO6, slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alkalis: used as an analytical agent.
Origin of telluric acid
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How to use telluric acid in a sentence
telluric acid is reduced to tellurous (with evolution of chlorine) on boiling with hydrochloric acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerIf the telluric acid be placed upon platinum wire in the reduction flame, the oxidation flame is colored green.
The oxide of tellurium and telluric acid gives a clear bead when it is hot, but white after it is cooled.
telluric acid produces the same reactions with the blowpipe reagents as tellurous acid.
If telluric acid is heated gently in a closed tube, it loses water and turns yellow.
British Dictionary definitions for telluric acid
a white crystalline dibasic acid produced by the oxidation of tellurium by hydrogen peroxide. Formula: H 6 TeO 6
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