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Definition of Stannic chloride
1. Noun. A colorless caustic liquid made by treating tin with chlorine.
Medical Definition of Stannic chloride
1. SnCl4;a fuming liquid (fuming spirit of Libavius), specific gravity 2.23, boiling point 115°C, that forms several hydrates; the pentahydrate (butter of tin) is used for mordanting and "loading" or "weighting" silk. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stannic Chloride
Literary usage of Stannic chloride
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"Sol. in cold H^ without decomp., but decomposes by heating. Tin (stannous) chloride
arsenale. See Arsenate chloride, stannous. Tin (stannic) chloride ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"stannic chloride is a colourless mobile liquid, of specific gravity 2-267 at 0°.
... Hydrated stannic chloride.—The anhydrous tetrachloride absorbs water ..."
3. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"stannic chloride, SnCl,. — The tetrachloride is formed, as we have seen, by the
action of mercuric chloride on stannous chloride or on metallic tin. ..."
4. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1903)
"stannic chloride, SnCl ,. — The tetrachloride is formed, as we have seen, by the
action of mercuric chloride on stannous chloride or on metallic tin. ..."
5. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1903)
"Stannous chloride is known commercially as tin-salt. stannic chloride ...
With much water stannic chloride is readily hydrolyzed, forming the hydroxide and ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The complete conversion of stannous into stannic chloride may be effected by a
.... A mixture of stannous and stannic chloride when added to a sufficient ..."
7. Elements of chemistry: theoretical and practical by William Allen Miller (1868)
"stannic chloride is readily soluble in water acidulated with hydrochloric acid.
... stannic chloride forms numerous double salts with the soluble chlorides; ..."
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