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bismuthyl

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[biz-muh-thil] / ˈbɪz mə θɪl /

noun

  1. Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.

Etymology

Origin of bismuthyl

bismuth + -yl

Example Sentences

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This group would, by this theory, become an oxygenated metal radical similar to the hypothetical bismuthyl and uranyl, and yet one in which the metallic character has disappeared as completely as in the ferrocyanic group.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

In these two compounds the group of atoms, BiO, acts as a univalent metallic radical and is called bismuthyl.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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