Definition of Nickelous

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide.

Definition of Nickelous

1. Adjective. Containing nickel. ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Containing bivalent nickel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nickelous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Nickelous

1. Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nickelous

nickelbischofite
nickeled
nickelhexahydrite
nickelic
nickeliferous
nickeline
nickeling
nickelled
nickelling
nickellotharmeyerite
nickelocene
nickelocenes
nickelodeon
nickelodeons
nickeloplasmin
nickelous (current term)
nickelphosphide
nickels
nickelschneebergite
nickenichite
nicker
nicker nut
nicker nuts
nicker seed
nicker tree
nicker trees
nickered
nickering
nickers
nickin'

Literary usage of Nickelous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1899)
"Jfc The easiest method of detecting sodic bromide in nickelous bromide is ... In this way repeated experiments showed that all our nickelous bromide had ..."

2. Handbook of Metallurgy by Carl Schnabel (1907)
"In mixtures of nickelous and ferrous oxide, the nickel is the first to be reduced by coal or carbon monoxide. With silica this oxide combines to form ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"This solution contains only nickelous and ferric sulphates, ... nickelous sulphate crystallizes in green rhombic prisms, which require 3 parts of cold water ..."

4. Inorganic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1880)
"nickelous Chloride, NiCl,., crystallizes from aqueous solution with six molecules of "water, and the crystals are green. When the water of crystallization ..."

5. Lecture Notes for Chemical Students by Edward Frankland (1870)
"Annexed is a list of the chief compounds of this metal:— nickelous chloride NiCl2 Cl—Ni— Cl nickelous oxide NiO. ..."

6. Outlines of Inorganic Chemistry by Frank Austin Gooch, Claude Frederic Walker (1905)
"nickelous oxide, NiO (nickel monoxide), is formed as a green crystalline powder, ... It is acted upon by acids with formation of nickelous salts. ..."

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