Definition of Tantalic

1. a. Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus.

Definition of Tantalic

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Containing pentavalent tantalum. ¹

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Definition of Tantalic

1. tantalum [adj] - See also: tantalum

Medical Definition of Tantalic

1. Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tantalic

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tansy
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tant mieux
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tantalic (current term)
tantalic acid
tantaliferous
tantalise
tantalised
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tantalizations

Literary usage of Tantalic

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

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"tantalic chloride is decomposed by water, yielding hydrochloric and tantalio acids, but the decomposition is not complete eren at the boiling heat ; water ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1850)
"By sulphuric acid also and its salts, the tantalic acid is almost wholly ... Prepared by boiling hydrated tantalic acid with aqueous hydrochloric acid.—2. ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"This compound is formed on heating metallic tantalum, or an intimate mixture of tantalic acid and carbon in a current of dry chlorine. ..."

4. A System of Instruction in Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1864)
"tantalic i is white, and remains BO upon ignition (difference between ... Ignited tantalic acid has a specific gravity of from 7 to 8. ..."

5. A Practical Treatise of Chemical Analysis: Including Tables for Calculations by Heinrich Rose (1849)
"The whole of the tantalic acid which had dissolved in the fused bisulphate of potash remains behind, whilst the bases which were contained in the compound ..."

6. A Practical Treatise of Chemical Analysis: Including Tables for Calculations by Heinrich Rose (1849)
"The whole of the tantalic acid which had dissolved in the fused bisulphate of potash remains behind, whilst the bases which were contained in the compound ..."

7. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines by Cornelius Beringer, John Jacob Beringer (1906)
"... AND tantalic OXIDES. These oxides are commonly met with in samples of wolfram and ... and weighed as tantalic oxide ..."

8. Outlines of the Course of Qualitative Analysis Followed in the Giessen by Heinrich Will (1847)
"The natural compounds of tantalic acid may be decomposed by fusion with hydrate of ... tantalic acid, when ignited by itself, is insoluble in all acids and ..."

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