Definition of Selenous

1. selenium [adj] - See also: selenium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selenous

selenomethionyls
selenone
selenones
selenonic
selenonic acid
selenonium
selenophene
selenophenes
selenoprotein
selenoproteins
selenoproteome
selenoproteomes
selenoses
selenosis
selenostephanite
selenous (current term)
selenous acid
selenoxide
selenoxides
selenyl halide
seles
seletracetam
self
self-
self-abased
self-abnegating
self-abnegation
self-absorbed

Literary usage of Selenous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1903)
"From aqueous or hydrochloric-acid solutions of selenous acid, the selenium is precipitated by sulphurous acid gas, or, in presence of an excess of acid, ..."

2. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, Alfred Isaac Cohn (1908)
"From aqueous or hydrochloric-acid solutions of selenous acid, the selenium is precipitated by sulphurous acid gas, or, in presence of an excess of acid, ..."

3. The Principles of Qualitative Analysis from the Standpoint of the Theory of by Wilhelm Carl Boettger (1906)
"The properties of selenous and selenic acid have greatest analytical importance. ... Selenic acid is formed from selenous acl(^ only by the action of strong ..."

4. Inorganic Chemistry: With the Elements of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry by John Iredelle Dillard Hinds (1908)
"It is a reddish, brown, oily liquid with a disagreeable selenous odor. ... selenous Oxid, Se02, is prepared by burning selenium in a stream of oxygen. ..."

5. Inorganic Chemistry: With the Elements of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry by J[ohn] I[redelle] D[illard] Hinds (1902)
"It is a reddish, brown, oily liquid with a disagreeable selenous odor. ... selenous Oxid, Se02, is prepared by burning selenium in a stream of oxygen. ..."

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