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Definition of Orthoboric acid
1. Noun. A white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative.
Definition of Orthoboric acid
1. Noun. (inorganic compound) Any of several poorly-characterized acids that are hydrates of boric oxide ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Orthoboric Acid
Literary usage of Orthoboric acid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Inorganic Chemistry by Joseph William Mellor (1912)
"orthoboric acid, B.,O.,.3H.,O ... The meta- and pyro- boric acids immediately
pass to orthoboric acid» aqueous solution. ..."
2. A Practical Elementary Chemistry by Boynton Wells McFarland (1915)
"It is readily made by heating orthoboric acid: . 2 H3BO3 = B2O3 + 3 H2O. 562.
... orthoboric acid occurs in the form of brilliant, colorless scales. ..."
3. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, Samuel William Johnson (1883)
"orthoboric acid is soluble in water and in alcohol; upon evaporating the solutions
a large proportion of boric acid volatilizes along with the aqueous and ..."
4. Qualitative Chemical Analysis: A Guide in Qualitative Work, with Data for by Albert Benjamin Prescott, Otis Coe Johnson (1901)
"Three hydroxides are known: 2H:,BO., = B,0,..4H,O , orthoboric acid; ...
orthoboric acid, H,BOn, is formed by dissolving the oxide in water; the meta acid, ..."
5. General Medical Chemistry: For the Use of Practitioners of Medicine by Rudolph August Witthaus (1881)
"orthoboric acid is in the form of brilliant, crystalline plates, ... If orthoboric
acid be heated for some time at 80°, it loses the elements of a molecule ..."
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