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sulphostannic acid

sulphostannic acid noun: a sulphacid of tin (more exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance forming a well-known series of salts.

Noun

sulphostannic acid (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A sulphacid of tin (more exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance forming a well-known series of salts.

Origin of sulphostannic acid

From sulpho- + stann- + -ic acid.

Words formed from sulphostannic acid

Questions about sulphostannic acid

What does sulphostannic acid mean?
Sulphostannic acid means a sulphacid of tin (more exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance forming a well-known series of salts.
What part of speech is sulphostannic acid?
Sulphostannic acid is a noun.

Words near sulphostannic acid in the dictionary

  1. sulphoselenide
  2. sulphospinel
  3. sulphospinels
  4. sulphostannate
  5. sulphostannates
  6. sulphostannic acid
  7. sulphosuccinate
  8. sulphosuccinates
  9. sulphotransferase
  10. sulphotransferases
  11. sulphotsumoite

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