hydriodic

[ hahy-dree-od-ik ]

adjective

1. of or derived from hydriodic acid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydriodic¹

First recorded in 1810–20; hydr- ² + iodic

Example Sentences

The team then exposes a sheet to hydriodic acid to reduce the bare graphene oxide, which becomes hydrophobic.

From Scientific American

With hydriodic acid it gives only β-iodobutyric acid.

From Project Gutenberg

Hy′driodate, a salt of hydriodic acid.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

With the apparatus contained in these boxes he established the elementary nature of iodine, and made a rough estimation of its atomic weight; he determined many of its analogies with chlorine, proving that, like chlorine, it is markedly electro-negative, and that its compounds are decomposed by chlorine; he accomplished the synthesis of hydriodic acid, and approximately determined the composition of iodide of nitrogen.

From Project Gutenberg

An acid might therefore be a compound of hydrogen with one other element—such were hydrochloric, hydriodic, hydrofluoric acids—or it might be a compound of hydrogen with two or more elements, of which one might or might not be oxygen—such were hydrocyanic acid and chloric or nitric acid.

From Project Gutenberg