Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or containing tin, especially with valence 4.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to tin; procured from tin: specifically applied to those compounds in which tin appears as a quadrivalent atom: as, stannic acid, SnO(OH)2, a hydrate obtained from stannous oxid, which unites with bases to form salts called
stannates .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with
stannous compounds. - adjective Metastannic acid.
- adjective a thin, colorless, fuming liquid, SnCl4, used as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing; -- formerly called
spirit of tin , orfuming liquor of Libavius . - adjective tin oxide, SnO2, produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the name of
putty powder , for polishing glass, etc.
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- adjective chemistry Containing
tetravalent tin.
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- adjective of or relating to or containing tin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There is also an acid, H_ SnO_ , called stannic acid, which forms a series of salts called stannates.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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I may also, in the last instance, mention that I have found the above methods of electro-dissolution peculiarly adapted for the preparation of unstable compounds such as stannic nitrate, potassic ferrate, ferric acetate, which are decomposed on the application of heat, and in some instances have succeeded by the following means of crystallizing the resulting compound obtained.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 Various
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The ease with which stannous chloride takes up chlorine to form stannic chloride makes it a good reducing agent in many reactions, changing the higher chlorides of metals to lower ones.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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They are divisible into three classes -- the stannic cerulian blue, the aluminous cobalt blues, and the siliceous smalts.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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The hydroxides of tin and free stannic acid, which are easily liberated from these compounds, possess in very marked degree the power of fixing dyes upon fibers, as explained under aluminium.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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~ In nearly all its compounds lead has a valence of 2, but a few corresponding to stannic compounds have a valence of 4.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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By heating chromate of stannic oxide to bright redness, a dark violet mass is obtained, which is better adapted to enamel painting than to the palette.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Although not to be ranked with ultramarine, the stannic and aluminous blues may be described as durable, or at least as durable rather than semi-stable.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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By igniting strongly for some hours a mixture of stannic oxide, chalk, chromate of potash, and a little silica and alumina, a dingy red mass is obtained, which acquires a beautiful rose-red colour on being washed with water containing hydrochloric acid.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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SnCl_ ; the stannic, in which it is tetravalent as shown in the compounds SnO_ , SnS_ .
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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