hydrosulphuric love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In chem., containing hydrogen and sulphur as constituents: as. hydrosulphuric acid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and sulphur.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.

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Examples

  • How many grams of iron sulphide are necessary to prepare 100 l. of hydrosulphuric acid when the laboratory conditions are 17° and 740 mm.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • Thus, when chlorine is passed into a solution containing hydrosulphuric acid, sulphur is precipitated and

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • By passing hydrosulphuric acid into a solution of a mercuric salt it is precipitated as a black powder, insoluble in water and acids.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • Suppose that the hydrogen in 1 l. of hydrosulphuric acid were liberated; what volume would it occupy, the gases being measured under the same conditions?

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • Pb. + Fe = FeS + Pb. It is used in the laboratory in the preparation of hydrosulphuric acid:

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • This is due to the fact that chromic sulphide, like aluminium sulphide, hydrolyzes in the presence of water, forming chromic hydroxide and hydrosulphuric acid.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • It is readily prepared in the laboratory as a black precipitate, by the action of hydrosulphuric acid upon soluble lead salts:

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • If the action is allowed to continue until no more hydrosulphuric acid is absorbed, the product is the acid sulphide, sometimes called the hydrosulphide:

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • The insoluble black sulphide (CuS) is easily prepared by the action of hydrosulphuric acid upon a solution of a copper salt:

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • Write the equations representing the reaction between hydrosulphuric acid and sodium hydroxide and ammonium hydroxide respectively.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

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