Descriptive Chemistry, Part 1D.C. Heath & Company, 1909 - 590 pages |
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Page 449 - MAGNESIUM Mg Manganese Mn Mercury Hg Molybdenum Mo Neodymium Nd Neon Ne Nickel Ni NITROGEN N Osmium Os OXYGEN O Palladium Pd Phosphorus P Platinum Pt POTASSIUM K Praseodymium. . . .Pr...
Page 448 - Calcium Ca Carbon C Cerium Ce Chlorine Cl Chromium Cr Cobalt Co Columbium Cb Copper Cu Dysprosium Dy Erbium Er Europium Eu Fluorine F Gadolinium Gd Gallium Ga Germanium Ge Glucinum...
Page 41 - Water is called the solvent and the dissolved substance is called the solute.
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 •, catsms\; and when I have occasion to speak of these together, I shall call them ions.
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 328 - It is obtained in large quantities as a by-product in the manufacture of chocolate.
Page 168 - Thus, one volume of hydrogen combines with one volume of chlorine to form two volumes of hydrochloric acid gas...
Page 26 - Graham's law states that, under the same conditions, the rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its density.
Page 209 - the temperature at which the oil gives off sufficient vapor to form a momentary flash when a small flame is brought near its surface.
Page 283 - If a certain mass be weighed first in air then in water, and the weight in air divided by the loss of weight in water, the...