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Meaning of "selenic acid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELENIC ACID

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELENIC ACID

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Selenic acid is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SELENIC ACID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Selenic acid

Selenic acid is the chemical compound with the formula H 2SeO 4. It is an oxoacid of selenium, and its structure is more accurately described as 2SeO 2. As predicted by VSEPR theory, the selenium center is tetrahedral, with a Se–O bond length of 161 pm. In the solid state, it crystallizes in an orthorhombic structure.

Definition of selenic acid in the English dictionary

The definition of selenic acid in the dictionary is a colourless crystalline soluble strong dibasic acid analogous to sulphuric acid. Formula: H2SeO4.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELENIC ACID

selenate
Selene
selenian
selenic
selenide
seleniferous
selenious
selenious acid
selenite
selenitic
selenium
selenium cell
selenocentric
selenodont
selenograph
selenographer
selenographic
selenographical
selenographically
selenographist

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELENIC ACID

acetic acid
acid
adipic acid
amino acid
ascorbic acid
carboxylic acid
citric acid
fatty acid
folic acid
gamma-aminobutyric acid
hyaluronic acid
hydrochloric acid
hydroxy acid
lactic acid
lysergic acid
nonessential amino acid
nucleic acid
omega-3 fatty acid
sulfuric acid
trichloroacetic acid
uric acid

Synonyms and antonyms of selenic acid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «selenic acid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELENIC ACID

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

Translator English - Chinese

硒酸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ácido selénico
570 millions of speakers

English

selenic acid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

selenic एसिड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حمض selenic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

селеновую кислоты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ácido selénico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সিলেনিক অ্যাসিড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acide sélénique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Asid selenik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selensäure
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セレン酸
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

selenic 산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asam selenat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

axit selenic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செலினிக் அமிலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेलेनिक आम्ल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Selenik asit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acido selenico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kwas selenowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

селенову кислоти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acidul selenic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σεληνικού οξύ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selenic suur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

selensyra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selenic syre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of selenic acid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELENIC ACID»

The term «selenic acid» is used very little and occupies the 183.884 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELENIC ACID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about selenic acid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELENIC ACID»

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Philosophical Magazine
These two methods yield selenic acid combined with an alkali, and it is difficult and tedious to separate and combine it with certain other bases. In his first experiments with chlorine gas upon the metallic sele- niurets of the Hartz, the solution ...
‎1839
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Annals of Philosophy
sulphuric acid, selenic acid, and peroxide of manganese, are distilled together, the selenium does not unite with an additional dose of oxygen, but oxygen gas is disengaged, and there are formed a sulphate and a seleniate of manganese.
Thomas Thomson, Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley, 1819
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The Annals of Philosophy
The biseleniate is obtained when the preceding salt is dissolved in selenic acid. The solution crystallizes to the last drop in the form of small prisms, which are not altered by exposure to the air. Caustic ammonia removes one half of the acid, ...
‎1819
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Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, ...
sulphuric acid, selenic acid, and peroxide of manganese, are distilled together, the selenium does not unite with an additional dose of oxygen, but oxygen gas is disengaged, and there are formed a sulphate and a seleniate of manganese.
Thomas Thomson, 1819
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A textbook of chemical philosophy on the basis of Dr. ...
When. procured by the process above described, selenic acid always contains water, but it is very difficult to ascertain its precise proportion. Some acid which had been heated higher than 576°, contained, subtracting the quantity of selenious ...
Jacob Green, Edward Turner, 1829
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A manual of chemistry, on the basis of Professor Brande's: ...
Selenic acid is prepared by fusing selenium, selenious acid, a selegite or a metallic selenuret with nitre. Selenuret of lead, being the most abundant source, has been used for this purpose, but being accompanied by sulphuret, the selenic acid ...
William Thomas Brande, 1828
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Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts
To separate the selenic acid, the solution is to be decomposed by nitrate of lead; the seleniate of lead is as insoluble as the sulphate, and being well washed, is to be decomposed by a current of sulphuretted hydrogen, which has no action on ...
‎1827
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The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art
To separate the selenic acid, the solution is to be decomposed by nitrate of lead ; the seleniate of lead is as insoluble as the sulphate, and being1 well washed, is to be decomposed by a current of sulphuretted hydrogen, which has no action ...
‎1827
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science ... Conducted by (Sir) ...
The seleniate of lead, which is as insoluble as the sulphate, after being well washed, is treated by a current of sulphuretted hydrogen gas, which does not decompose selenic acid. The excess of sulphuretted hydrogen is driven oil' by heat, and ...
David Sir Brewster, 1827
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster
When this is boiled on it, proto-seleniate of mercury is formed, and the nitric acid contains selenic acid. If muriatic acid be poured on the seleniate, selenium is precipitated ; the oxygen of the selenic acid passing to the mercury, by which the red ...
Edinburgh encyclopaedia, sir David Brewster, 1830

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