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Definition of Selenic acid
1. Noun. A strong acid (H2SeO4) analogous to sulfuric acid.
Definition of Selenic acid
1. Noun. (chemistry) a solid white acid, H2SeO4, having the same structure and similar reactions as sulphuric acid ¹
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Literary usage of Selenic acid
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1. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1833)
"By decomposition of water, oxide of iron and hydro-selenic acid are ... Hydro-selenic
acid gas is colourless. Its odour is at first similar to that of ..."
2. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis. (Chiefly Inorganic). by William Crookes (1871)
"selenic acid is prepared from selenious acid by dissolving the latter in water,
and precipitating the solution with nitrate of silver; the insoluble ..."
3. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis: (chiefly Inorganic) by William Crookes (1886)
"The solution, having been filtered and concentrated by evaporation, yields selenic
acid, free from sulphuric or selenious acid. ..."
4. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science by Thomas Graham (1858)
"Selenium combines in two proportions with oxygen, forming selenious acid, which
corresponds with sulphurous acid, and selenic acid corresponding with ..."
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