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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or containing manganese, especially with valence 3 or 6.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing manganese: in chemistry, specifically applied to compounds in which each manganese atom is regarded as quadrivalent. Also
manganesic . - Relating to the form of civilization in which machinery is used: opposed to
naturistic , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese; specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a higher valence as contrasted with
manganous compounds. Cf.manganous .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Containing
manganese in its higheroxidation states .
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Examples
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In connection with the medicinal applications of manganese it may be mentioned that manganic acid is the agent employed in Dr. Angus
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various
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Manganese forms no less than six different oxides -- viz., protoxide, sesquioxide the red oxide, the binoxide or peroxide, manganic acid, and permanganic acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various
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~ Manganese forms two unstable acids, namely, manganic acid and permanganic acid.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Gluconic acid distilled with hydrochloric acid gave traces of furfural; so also with sulphuric acid and manganic oxide.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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Silver lodes and lodes which frequently carry more or less gold, are often found beneath the dark ironstone "blows," composed of conglomerates held together by ferric and manganic oxides; or, where the ore is galena, the surface indications will frequently be a whitish limey track sometimes extending for miles, and nodules or "slugs" of that ore will generally be found on the surface from place to place.
Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
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The cylinder with its contents was revolved for two hours, then the charge was withdrawn and drained nearly dry by suction, the resultant liquid being slowly filtered through broken charcoal on which the chloride crystals were deposited, in appearance much like the bromo-chlorides of silver ore seen on some of the black manganic oxides of the Barrier silver mines.
Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
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Many still insist that lodes, particularly those containing gold, are of igneous origin, and point to the black and brown ferro-manganic outcrops in confirmation.
Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
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a salt of the unstable manganic acid (H_ {2} MnO_ {4}).
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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