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

They are not decomposed by boiling alkalis, but on heating with hydriodic acid they split into their components.

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When heated with concentrated hydrobromic or hydriodic acids, it is converted into fumaric acid.

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Reducing agents (zinc and caustic alkali, hydriodic acid, sodium amalgam, &c.) convert it into succinic acid.

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The bromide and iodide are formed in a similar manner by heating the metal in gaseous hydrobromic or hydriodic acids.

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Give the formula for the salt which phosphine forms with hydriodic acid.

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