acid anhydride

noun

1. another name for anhydride

Example Sentences

It is distinguished from the other members of the series by certain characteristic properties; for example, it shows an aldehydic character in reducing silver salts to metallic silver, and it does not form an acid chloride or an acid anhydride.

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A sample was analysed and found to contain a deadly poison, arsenic acid anhydride.

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The metallic oxide combines with this excess of acid anhydride, forming a mixed salt of metaboric acid.

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The reason that metallic oxides dissolve in borax is that borax contains an excess of acid anhydride, as can be more easily seen if its formula is written 2NaBO2 + B2O3.

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To understand the reaction which occurs, it must be remembered that a volatile acid anhydride is expelled from its salts when heated with an anhydride which is not volatile.

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