Definition of Stannous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or containing tin.

Exact synonyms: Stannic
Partainyms: Tin, Tin

Definition of Stannous

1. a. Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds.

Definition of Stannous

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Containing bivalent tin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stannous

1. pertaining to tin [adj]

Medical Definition of Stannous

1. Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds. Stannous chloride, a white crystalline substance, SnCl2.(H2O)2, obtained by dissolving tin in hydrochloric acid. It is used as a mordant in dyeing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stannous

stanniferous
stanniocalcin
stannite
stannites
stanno-
stannoan
stannofluoride
stannofluorides
stannoidite
stannomicrolite
stannopalladinite
stannosis
stannoso-
stannotype
stannotypes
stannous (current term)
stannous fluoride
stannoxane
stannoxanes
stannum
stannums
stannyl
stannylated
stannylene
stannylenes
stannylidene
stannylidenes
stannylium
stannyne
stanol

Literary usage of Stannous

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

1. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"stannous Chloride Method for Determination of Ferric Iron The procedure is based upon the reduction of. the yellow ferric chloride to the colorless ferrous ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1901)
"I hope by means of the knowledge thus acquired, to make some research into the velocity of reduction of various reagents by stannous chloride solutions, ..."

3. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"stannous Chloride Method for Determination of Ferric Iron The procedure is based upon the reduction of the yellow ferric chloride to the colorless ferrous ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1851)
"2. By heating tin in oil of vitriol slightly diluted.—3. By dissolving hydrated stannous oxide in sulphuric acid.—4. Sulphuric acid added to solution of ..."

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