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Page 23
A few elements are gases at ordinary temperatures and pressures, viz. oxygen,
hydrogen, nitrogen, chlorine, fluorine (): two are liquids under ordinary conditions
, viz. bromine and mercury: the others are solids. Some of the elements are found
...
A few elements are gases at ordinary temperatures and pressures, viz. oxygen,
hydrogen, nitrogen, chlorine, fluorine (): two are liquids under ordinary conditions
, viz. bromine and mercury: the others are solids. Some of the elements are found
...
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... little time, it will be found that the hydrogen has diffused through the porous
plate about 4 times quicker than the oxygen. If a similar experiment is made (with
proper precautions) with chlorine,—a heavy, yellowish-green, very badly
smelling, ...
... little time, it will be found that the hydrogen has diffused through the porous
plate about 4 times quicker than the oxygen. If a similar experiment is made (with
proper precautions) with chlorine,—a heavy, yellowish-green, very badly
smelling, ...
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If now a mixture is made of equal volumes of hydrogen and chlorine, and this
mixture is exposed to diffused sunlight for some time, a new gas will be formed ;
the new gas is colourless; chlorine is yellow, hydrogen is colourless—: the new
gas ...
If now a mixture is made of equal volumes of hydrogen and chlorine, and this
mixture is exposed to diffused sunlight for some time, a new gas will be formed ;
the new gas is colourless; chlorine is yellow, hydrogen is colourless—: the new
gas ...
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... matter by properties as distinct and definite as those which characterise
butylene or bromine; hydrogen chloride, so far as its physical properties indicate,
is as homogeneous and as little formed of unlike parts as either hydrogen or
chlorine.
... matter by properties as distinct and definite as those which characterise
butylene or bromine; hydrogen chloride, so far as its physical properties indicate,
is as homogeneous and as little formed of unlike parts as either hydrogen or
chlorine.
Page 35
39) has also told us that hydrogen chloride is itself a compound of hydrogen and
chlorine. It may also be proved that ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and
hydrogen. The composition of ammonium chloride may be expressed by either of
...
39) has also told us that hydrogen chloride is itself a compound of hydrogen and
chlorine. It may also be proved that ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and
hydrogen. The composition of ammonium chloride may be expressed by either of
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Elementary Chemistry |
| Authors | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, Charles Slater |
| Publisher | University Press, 1887 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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