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Definition of Seleniferous
1. a. Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.
Definition of Seleniferous
1. Adjective. (chemistry) containing, or yielding selenium ¹
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Definition of Seleniferous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seleniferous
Literary usage of Seleniferous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Mineral Analysis by Friedrich Wöhler (1871)
"The sele- nates, vanadates and arsenates of the alkalies may then be extracted
with water. 105. seleniferous DEPOSIT FROM SULPHURIC ACID CHAMBERS. ..."
2. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"seleniferous soils exceed all three of these selenium levels (Hintze et al., ...
In seleniferous areas, accumulator plants such as Astragalus racemosus ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1849)
"39, 526); as seleniferous sulphur, in Volcano, one of the Lipari islands ...
Moreover, in very small quantities : in iron pyrites from Fahlun : seleniferous ..."
4. Works of the Cavendish Society by Cavendish Society, London (1849)
"The dried seleniferous deposit is introduced into a porcelain tube, and heated
in a stream of dry chlorine gas, the heat being regulated so as not to allow ..."