Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Related to or containing vanadium.
- Containing vanadium with its maximum valence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, vanadium; containing vanadium; specifically, designating those compounds in which vanadium has a relatively higher valence as contrasted with the
vanadous compounds. - adjective (Chem.) an acid analogous to phosphoric acid, not known in the free state but forming a well-known series of salts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
vanadium , especially to vanadium with anoxidation number of 5.
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Examples
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_Vanadium Green_ falls when ferrocyanide of potassium is added to vanadic acid dissolved in a strong acid.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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It is filtered off, ignited, and weighed as vanadic oxide, V_ {2} O_ {5}, containing 56.18 per cent. of vanadium.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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When cold mix to A. “From the composition of the solution,” says Mr. Endemann, “it is evident that it must be strongly acid; but when this solution is exposed to light, in the presence of the organic substances of the paper, the acidity of the solution disappears, we obtain potassium and sodium sulphates, basic chromium sulphate, salt and vanadic acid.
Photographic Reproduction Processes Peter C. Duchochois
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