Definition of Seleniferous

1. a. Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.

Definition of Seleniferous

1. Adjective. (chemistry) containing, or yielding selenium ¹

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Definition of Seleniferous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seleniferous

selenate
selenate reductase
selenates
selenatian
selene unguium
selenecentric
selenenic
selenenic acid
selenhydric
selenhydric acid
selenian
selenic
selenic acid
selenide
selenides
seleniferous (current term)
seleninic
seleninic acid
selenio-
selenious
selenite
selenites
selenitian
selenitic
selenitical
selenium
selenium cell
selenium compounds
selenium deficiency
selenium excess

Literary usage of Seleniferous

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

1. Hand-book of Mineral Analysis by Friedrich Wöhler (1871)
"The sele- nates, vanadates and arsenates of the alkalies may then be extracted with water. 105. seleniferous DEPOSIT FROM SULPHURIC ACID CHAMBERS. ..."

2. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"seleniferous soils exceed all three of these selenium levels (Hintze et al., ... In seleniferous areas, accumulator plants such as Astragalus racemosus ..."

3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1849)
"39, 526); as seleniferous sulphur, in Volcano, one of the Lipari islands ... Moreover, in very small quantities : in iron pyrites from Fahlun : seleniferous ..."

4. Works of the Cavendish Society by Cavendish Society, London (1849)
"The dried seleniferous deposit is introduced into a porcelain tube, and heated in a stream of dry chlorine gas, the heat being regulated so as not to allow ..."

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