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xanthocobalt

xanthocobalt noun: synonym of nitritopentamminocobalt.

Noun

xanthocobalt

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of nitritopentamminocobalt.
    • The salts of Xanthocobalt have a dark sherry - wine or brown - yellow color . They are rather more soluble , both in hot and cold water than the salts of Roseocobalt , Purpureocobalt , or Luteocobalt , the solutions when dilute have a yellow color; when concentrated they are dark-brown yellow.1856, Wolcott Gibbs, Frederick Augustus Genth, Researches on the Ammonia-cobalt Bases, page 49
    • The nitrate of Xanthocobalt, being much less soluble in cold water than the ammonia salts, is easily purified by re-crystallization.1857, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge - Volume 9, page 57

Synonyms of xanthocobalt

Questions about xanthocobalt

What does xanthocobalt mean?
Xanthocobalt means synonym of nitritopentamminocobalt.
What part of speech is xanthocobalt?
Xanthocobalt is a noun.

Words near xanthocobalt in the dictionary

  1. xanthochromism
  2. xanthochromistic
  3. xanthochroous
  4. xanthochymol
  5. xanthocillin
  6. xanthocobalt
  7. xanthocobaltic
  8. xanthocone
  9. xanthoconite
  10. xanthocreatinin
  11. xanthocreatinine

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