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rhodammonium

rhodammonium noun: a cation, Rh₂(NH₃)₁₀⁶⁺, containing rhodium and ammonia.

Noun

rhodammonium (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A cation, Rh₂(NH₃)₁₀⁶⁺, containing rhodium and ammonia.
    • Rhodammonium Compounds. By S. M. JÖRGENSEN (J. pr. Chem. [2], 25, 346-348).— The author has prepared and cursorily examined some of the rhodammonium compounds, and has found them to be strictly analogous to the cobalt- and chrom-ammonium compounds.1882, “Abstracts of Chemical Papers”, in Journal of the Chemical Society - Part 2, page 1173
    • Rhodammonium Hydroxide, Rh₂(NH₃) ₁₀ (OH)₆, is obtained by warming rhodammonium chloride with water and silver oxide, and evaporating the solution.1891, Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer, A Treatise on Chemistry: Metals, page 436

Origin of rhodammonium

From rhodo- + ammonium.

Questions about rhodammonium

What does rhodammonium mean?
Rhodammonium means a cation, Rh₂(NH₃)₁₀⁶⁺, containing rhodium and ammonia.
What part of speech is rhodammonium?
Rhodammonium is a noun.

Words near rhodammonium in the dictionary

  1. rhodaminated
  2. rhodamine
  3. rhodamines
  4. rhodamins
  5. rhodaminyl
  6. rhodammonium
  7. rhodanase
  8. rhodanate
  9. rhodanates
  10. rhodanese
  11. Rhodanian

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