Descriptive Chemistry, Part 1

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D. C. Heath & Company, 1903 - 590 pages
 

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Page 120 - I propose to distinguish such bodies by calling those anions which go to the anode of the decomposing body; and those passing to the cathode, cations; and when I have occasion to speak of these together, I shall call them ions.
Page 449 - Nitrogen Osmium Oxygen Palladium Phosphorus Platinum Potassium Praseodymium Radium Rhodium Rubidium Ruthenium Samarium Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Sodium Strontium Sulphur...
Page 41 - Water is called the solvent and the dissolved substance is called the solute.
Page 167 - Avogadro's law states that equal volumes of all gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules...
Page 449 - Rn Re Rh Rb Ru Sm Sc Se Si Ag Na Sr S Ta Te Tb Tl Th Tm Sn Ti W U V Xe Yb Y Zn Zr...
Page 62 - English system the pressure of the atmosphere is equal to the weight of a column of mercury 29.92 inches high and one square inch in cross-section.
Page 169 - The vapor density of any gas is the weight of a given volume of it in terms of the weight of an equal volume of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure.
Page 330 - It is obtained in large quantities as a by-product in the manufacture of chocolate.
Page 448 - Sb . A . As . Ba . Bi . B . Br . Cd . Cs . Ca . C . Ce . Cl . Cr . Co . Cb . Cu . Er . F . Gd . Ga . Ge . Gl . Au . He . H . In . I . Ir . Fe . Kr . La . Pb . Li . Mg . Mn , Hg . Mo...
Page 168 - Thus, one volume of hydrogen combines with one volume of chlorine to form two volumes of hydrochloric acid gas...

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