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Definition of Platinic

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with the platinous compounds; as, platinic chloride (PtCl₄).

Definition of Platinic

1. Adjective. (inorganic chemistry) Containing tetravalent platinum. ¹

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Definition of Platinic

1. pertaining to platinum [adj] - See also: platinum

Medical Definition of Platinic

1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with the platinous compounds; as, platinic chloride (PtCl4). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Platinic

Literary usage of Platinic

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

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"weaker, and the blue colour lighter and finer; moreover, the blue oxide then changes only to yellowish brown. IT B. platinic OXIDE. PtO*. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"Another compound of platinic oxide with ammonia, called fulminating platinum, whose composition has not been exactly ascertained, is produced by decomposing ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"On adding potassic iodide to a dilute solution of platinic chloride the liquid assumes a deep wine-red colour ; the mixture remains clear at ordinary ..."

4. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1881)
"platinic chloride must, upon evaporation to dry ness in the water-bath, leave a residue ... platinic chloride forms very sparingly soluble double salts with ..."

5. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1868)
"The platinic sulphide dissolves somewhat in alkaline sulphides. 156. The ordinary solution of platinum is a tetrachloride, or rather a compound of the ..."

6. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1879)
"platinic SALTS. 613 These are all yellow or brown coloured, possess an acid reaction and an astringent taste. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"... the solution filtered if necessary, examined by flame test and divided into two parts, (i.) platinic chloride added ; yellow crystalline precipitate (K ..."

8. Micro-chemistry of Poisons: Including Their Physiological, Pathological, and by Theodore George Wormley (1885)
"platinic Chloride. ... yield with platinic chloride a yellow precipitate of the double chloride of platinum and ..."

9. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"weaker, and the blue colour lighter and finer; moreover, the blue oxide then changes only to yellowish brown. IT B. platinic OXIDE. PtO*. ..."

10. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"Another compound of platinic oxide with ammonia, called fulminating platinum, whose composition has not been exactly ascertained, is produced by decomposing ..."

11. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"On adding potassic iodide to a dilute solution of platinic chloride the liquid assumes a deep wine-red colour ; the mixture remains clear at ordinary ..."

12. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1881)
"platinic chloride must, upon evaporation to dry ness in the water-bath, leave a residue ... platinic chloride forms very sparingly soluble double salts with ..."

13. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1868)
"The platinic sulphide dissolves somewhat in alkaline sulphides. 156. The ordinary solution of platinum is a tetrachloride, or rather a compound of the ..."

14. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1879)
"platinic SALTS. 613 These are all yellow or brown coloured, possess an acid reaction and an astringent taste. ..."

15. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"... the solution filtered if necessary, examined by flame test and divided into two parts, (i.) platinic chloride added ; yellow crystalline precipitate (K ..."

16. Micro-chemistry of Poisons: Including Their Physiological, Pathological, and by Theodore George Wormley (1885)
"platinic Chloride. ... yield with platinic chloride a yellow precipitate of the double chloride of platinum and ..."

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