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Definition of Tellurous
1. a. Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.
Definition of Tellurous
1. Adjective. (chemistry) Containing tellurium in a higher valency than in telluric compounds. ¹
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Definition of Tellurous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Tellurous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tellurous
Literary usage of Tellurous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Methods in Chemical Analysis: Originated Or Developed in the Kent Chemical by Frank Austin Gooch (1912)
"The Determination of tellurous Acid by the Precipitation of ... Hydriodic acid
and tellurous acid interact with the formation of tellurium ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1864)
"If the solution be poured into water immediately, a white, bulky hydrate of
tellurous acid subsides. It is slightly soluble in water, reddens litmus, ..."
3. Methods in Chemical Analysis: Originated Or Developed in the Kent Chemical by Frank Austin Gooch (1912)
"The Determination of tellurous Acid by the Precipitation of ... Hydriodic acid
and tellurous acid interact with the formation of tellurium ..."
4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Andrew Miller (1873)
"tellurous acid has a bitter metallic taste: its anhydride mav In- obtained by
... tellurous anhydride possesses considerable volatility: if fused with ..."
5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1860)
"tellurous acid has er metallic taste : it may be obtained in the anhydrous ...
tellurous anhydride possesses consi- ile volatility : if fused with potash it ..."
6. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1850)
"By dissolving dry tellurous acid in caustic potash, and proceeding in the ...
Aqueous tellurous Acid. — The dry acid dissolves but very sparingly in water ..."
7. Chemical Recreations, a Popular Manual of Experimental Chemistry by John Joseph Griffin (1860)
"The radical Te produces tellurous salts, such as HTe, a gas, sp. gr. and equivalent
both = 65 ... TecO = tellurous oxide (again a contradiction in terms); ..."
8. Chemical Recreations: A Popular Manual of Experimental Chemistry. Div. I, [II]. by John Joseph Griffin (1860)
"The radical Te produces tellurous salts, such as HTe, a gas, sp. gr. and equivalent
both = 65 ... TecO = tellurous oxide (again a contradiction in terms); ..."
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