stannic acid
nounChemistry.
any of the series of acids usually occurring as amorphous powders and varying in composition from H2SnO3(alpha-stannic acid ) to H4SnO4.
Origin of stannic acid
1First recorded in 1780–90
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How to use stannic acid in a sentence
stannic acid has a greater tendency to form a base than has silicic acid.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzThere is also an acid, H2SnO3, called stannic acid, which forms a series of salts called stannates.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPhersonThe tin contained in the stannate is deposited on the cotton in the form of stannic oxide, or, more strictly, stannic acid.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics | Franklin BeechProtoxide of tin takes fire in the flame of oxidation, and burns with flame and some white vapor into tin acid, or stannic acid.
Tin forms stannic acid which probably produces stannates with copper and lead.
The Preservation of Antiquities | Friedrich Rathgen
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