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red precipitate

red precipitate noun: mercuric oxide (HgO), a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air.

Noun

red precipitate (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) mercuric oxide (HgO), a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air.

Questions about red precipitate

What does red precipitate mean?
Red precipitate means mercuric oxide (HgO), a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air.
What part of speech is red precipitate?
Red precipitate is a noun.

Words near red precipitate in the dictionary

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  2. red poppy
  3. red porgies
  4. red porgy
  5. Red Power
  6. red precipitate
  7. red princess flower
  8. red puccoon
  9. red pudding
  10. red puddings
  11. red pulp

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