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Definition of Plumbites
1. plumbite [n] - See also: plumbite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumbites
Literary usage of Plumbites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Descriptive Mineralogy: With Especial Reference to the Occurrences and Uses by Edward Henry Kraus (1911)
"... CARBONATES, MANGAN- ITES, AND plumbites 1. NITRATES Here are placed the nitrates
of sodium and potassium. Owing to their great solubility, ..."
2. A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography by James Dwight Dana (1837)
"... variety occurs sparingly, at Monroe, Conn., which afforded Prof. Silli- man,
by cupellation, 3 per cent, of silver. COBALTIC GALENA. plumbites ..."
3. A Course in General Chemistry by William McPherson, William Edwards Henderson (1921)
"477). Acids of lead. Both of the hydroxides of lead have feeble acid properties,
dissolving in solutions of the alkalies to form salts. The plumbites. ..."
4. An Elementary Manual of Chemistry by William Ripley Nichols, William B. Lindsay, Frank Humphreys Storer (1894)
"With the strongest bases it reacts to form salts, called plumbites, ... plumbites of
sodium and potassium may be obtained also by dissolving lead hydroxide ..."
5. Outlines of Chemistry: A Textbook for College Students by Louis Kahlenberg (1909)
"With caustic alkalies, however, lead hydroxide exhibits acid properties, forming
plumbites, ... oxide with caustic alkalies, plumbites are also formed. ..."
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