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bismuthyl

bismuthyl noun: any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.

Noun

bismuthyl (uncountable)

  1. Any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.

Origin of bismuthyl

From bismuth + -yl.

Questions about bismuthyl

What does bismuthyl mean?
Bismuthyl means any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.
What part of speech is bismuthyl?
Bismuthyl is a noun.

Words near bismuthyl in the dictionary

  1. bismuthoan
  2. bismuthonium
  3. bismuthosis
  4. bismuthous
  5. bismuths
  6. bismuthyl
  7. bismutite
  8. bismutites
  9. bismuto-
  10. bismutocolumbite
  11. bismutoferrite

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