hydriodic acid

noun

1. a colorless corrosive liquid, HI, an aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide.

hydriodic acid

/ ˌhaɪdrɪˈɒdɪk /

noun

1. the colourless or pale yellow aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide: a strong acid

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydriodic acid¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydriodic acid¹

C19: from hydro- + iodic

Example Sentences

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

From Scientific American

The “available” chlorine content of the chloramines is double the actual chlorine content as each atom of chlorine will liberate two atoms of iodine from hydriodic acid.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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It is not reduced by hydriodic acid and phosphorus, but sodium in the presence of amyl alcohol reduces it to tetrahydrodiphenyl C12H14.

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