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Meaning of "aqua regia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AQUA REGIA

From New Latin: royal water; referring to its use in dissolving gold, the royal metal.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AQUA REGIA

aqua regia  [ˈriːdʒɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AQUA REGIA

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Aqua regia is a noun.
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WHAT DOES AQUA REGIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Aqua regia

Aqua regia, aqua regis, or nitro-hydrochloric acid is a highly corrosive mixture of acids, a fuming yellow or red solution. The mixture is formed by freshly mixing concentrated nitric acid and hydrochloric acid, optimally in a volume ratio of 1:3. It was named so because it can dissolve the so-called royal or noble metals, gold and platinum. However, titanium, iridium, ruthenium, tantalum, niobium, hafnium, zirconium, osmium, rhodium and tungsten are capable of withstanding its corrosive properties.

Definition of aqua regia in the English dictionary

The definition of aqua regia in the dictionary is a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of one part nitric acid and three to four parts hydrochloric acid, used in metallurgy for dissolving metals, including gold Also called: nitrohydrochloric acid.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AQUA REGIA


Aegir
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anergia
ænˈɜːdʒɪə
aquilegia
ˌækwɪˈliːdʒɪə
asynergia
ˌæsɪˈnɜːdʒɪə
cambogia
kæmˈbəʊdʒɪə
cardioplegia
ˌkɑːdɪəʊˈpliːdʒɪə
collegia
kəˈliːdʒɪə
cycloplegia
ˌsaɪkləʊˈpliːdʒɪə
dyssynergia
dɪsɪˈnɜːdʒɪə
fibromyalgia
ˌfaɪbrəʊmaɪˈældʒɪə
florilegia
ˌflɔːrɪˈliːdʒɪə
hemiplegia
ˌhɛmɪˈpliːdʒɪə
monoplegia
ˌmɒnəʊˈpliːdʒɪə
myalgia
maɪˈældʒɪə
quadriplegia
ˌkwɒdrɪˈpliːdʒɪə
refugia
rɪˈfjuːdʒɪə
Tangier
tænˈdʒɪə
tetraplegia
ˌtɛtrəˈpliːdʒɪə
thunbergia
θʊnˈbɜːdʒɪə
vigia
ˈvɪdʒɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AQUA REGIA

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aquadrome
aquae
Aquae Mattiacorum
Aquae Sulis
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WORDS THAT END LIKE AQUA REGIA

Borgia
cephalalgia
contagia
diplegia
dysphagia
eulogia
Foggia
Georgia
gorgia
loggia
logia
neuralgia
New Georgia
nostalgia
ophthalmoplegia
otalgia
paraplegia
Perugia
South Georgia
Thuringia

Synonyms and antonyms of aqua regia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aqua regia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AQUA REGIA

Find out the translation of aqua regia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aqua regia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aqua regia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

王水
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aqua regia
570 millions of speakers

English

aqua regia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक्वा regia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الماء الملكي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

царская водка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

água régia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অম্লরাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

eau régale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aqua regia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Königswasser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

王水
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

왕수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aqua regia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước cường thủy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ఆక్வா ரெஜி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक्वा रियाजिआ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Su regia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acqua regia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Aqua regia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

царська горілка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aqua regia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

aqua regia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koningswater
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kungsvatten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aqua regia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aqua regia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AQUA REGIA»

The term «aqua regia» is regularly used and occupies the 70.838 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AQUA REGIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aqua regia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AQUA REGIA»

Discover the use of aqua regia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aqua regia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Corrosion Data
Aqua regia, also known as nitrohydrochloric acid and chloroazoatic acid, is a fuming, volatile liquid that is made by mixing three parts concentrated hydrochloric acid with one part concentrated nitric acid. It is very corrosive with a suffocating ...
Bruce D. Craig, David S. Anderson, 1994
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A Manual for the Chemical Analysis of Metals
Aqua regia (known as Konigswasser in Germany) is 3 : 1 HC1 : HN03. It is said to gain strength as a dissolution medium if allowed to stand for 3 or 4 min after mixing before it is applied to the sample. Aqua regia is an unstable mixture of free  ...
Thomas R. Dulski, 1996
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Aqua Regia
Enrique Henri Farah Bazzrea. three-hundred yards south of the Jones Azimut. Mother and daughter, Loraine and Alice Boggs, are both unmarried. Loraine had become a widow after twenty years marriage with Alice's father. Alice is ...
Enrique Henri, Farah Bazzrea, 2013
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Heavy Metals in Soils
Hydrochloric acid (6 M), HNO3 (16 M) and aqua regia (HC1 + HNO3, 3 + 1) have been compared in their ability to extract from sludge-treated soils seven of the more important heavy metal pollutants, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn [94], using both  ...
B. J. Alloway, 1995
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Popular Science
This so impressed early alchemists that they gave the name of aqua regia, or " royal water," to one mixture of acids which does dissolve gold. You can make aqua regia just as they did — by mixing about three parts of hydrochloric or muriatic ...
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
four to five hours a pale yellow solution is left which has only a faint smell of chloro- picrin. Crape sugar is warmed on the sand bath when a trace of chloropicrin is formed. Starch is warmed on the sand bath with aqua regia for three hours.
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A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic
HCl+Aq. SoL in aqua regia. (Dudley. Am. Ch. J. 1902, 28. 66.) +5H,O. (Delépine, Bull. Soc. 1910, (4) 7. 103.) Platinoplatinic oxide, l 'i ,< » ,. Xot attacked by long boiling with HC1, HNO,, or aqua regia. ( Jörgensen, J. pr. (2) 16. 344.) Does not ...
Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn, 1921
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Nanotechnology Cookbook: Practical, Reliable and Jargon-free ...
The glassware used in the following procedures, particularly any vessel where the metal reduction is to take place, must be first cleaned using aqua regia. Even trace amounts of dirt or gold from a previous synthesis will provide a nucleation ...
Andrew M. Collins, 2012
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Semiconductor Industry: Wafer Fab Exhaust Management
Odors on the roof were traced back to a heated aqua regia solution bath (a mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid solution and concentrated nitric acid solution), while the aqua regia solution was being heated and processing wafers.
J. Michael Sherer, 2005
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Methods in Agricultural Chemical Analysis: A Practical Handbook
To avoid the risk of explosion from using perchloric acid, the following method uses a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids (aqua regia). This extractant has been satisfactorily used by ADAS for over 10 years. Overnight soaking in cold aqua ...
N. T. Faithfull, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AQUA REGIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aqua regia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stream Sediment Sampling Results Identify 5 New Anomalous Gold …
Aqua regia, rather than 4 acid digest, was specifically selected for use on the stream sediments, so it is expected that much of the metals ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
2
Last Chance: See Luis Gispert's Gold Chains at OHWOW Gallery
If you're in Los Angeles this Saturday, make sure to swing through OHWOW Gallery for the final day of Luis Gispert's “Aqua Regia” — a series ... «In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column, Jun 15»
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Goldstrike Expands Gold Dome Discovery, Drilling Commenced
In addition, 0.5 mg charges are digested by modified 1:1:1 aqua regia (HCl-HNO3-H20) and analyzed by 36-element ICP-MS that also includes ... «CNNMoney, Jun 15»
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Bling with a cheeky ring in Luis Gispert's 'Aqua Regia' exhibition
Fourteen new works by Luis Gispert offer art as the high-end collector's design equivalent of a hip-hop artist's gold chains. There are plenty of ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
5
Canada Zinc Metals Commences 5000 Meter Drill Program at Akie
Assays for zinc, lead and silver are obtained using Acme Labs AQ270 analytical package with sample digestion using aqua regia solution followed by ICP-ES ... «Junior Mining Network, Jun 15»
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Sphinx Intersects a Stratabound PGE Reef Grading 3.44 g/t Pd+Pt+ …
Analytical methods consist of aqua regia digestion, ICP-OES finish for multi element determination, lithium borate fusion-XRF finish for oxides ... «Stockhouse, Jun 15»
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Silver Bull Identifies New Massive Sulphide Mineralization Grading …
Samples are first tested with the "ME-ICP41m" procedure which analyzes for 35 elements using a near total aqua regia digestion. Samples with ... «CNNMoney, Jun 15»
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Eastmain Files NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Eau Claire …
All samples were also analyzed for a multi-element suite using an Aqua regia digestion with ICP-AES finish. About Eastmain Resources Inc. «SYS-CON Media, Jun 15»
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Stewardson 2015 Drill Program
... Canada Limited in Vancouver, BC, for whole rock (lithium borate fusion) and ultra-trace aqua regia digestion with ICP-OES and ICP-MS finish ... «Canada NewsWire, Jun 15»
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Artist Luis Gispert Connects Visual Artistry and Hip Hop Culture in a …
Six of the pieces in Aqua Regia (literally “King's Water,” the medieval alchemic solution that remains to this day the only acid compound ... «LA Magazine, Jun 15»

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