Corrosive+sublimate

  • 21sublimate — v., adj., & n. v.tr. 1 divert the energy of (a primitive impulse, esp. sexual) into a culturally higher activity. 2 Chem. convert (a substance) from the solid state directly to its vapour by heat, and usu. allow it to solidify again. 3 refine;… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 22sublimate — 1. To perform or accomplish sublimation. 2. Any substance that has been submitted to sublimation. [L. sublimo, pp. atus, to raise on high, fr. sublimis, high] corrosive s. SYN: mercuric chloride. * * * sub·li·mate səb lə .māt, mət n 1) MERCURIC… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 23bichloride of mercury — Corrosive sublimate …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 24HgCl2 — Corrosive Cor*ro sive (k?r r? s?v), a. [Cf. F. corrosif.] 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. Corrosive liquors. Grew. Corrosive… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25mercuric bichloride — Corrosive Cor*ro sive (k?r r? s?v), a. [Cf. F. corrosif.] 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. Corrosive liquors. Grew. Corrosive… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26corrosivesublimate — corrosive sublimate n. See mercuric chloride. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 27List of alchemical substances — Alchemical studies produced a number of substances, which were later classified as particular chemical compounds or mixtures of compounds.Many of these terms were in common use into the 20th century.* Aqua Fortis nitric acid, can be formed by 2… …

    Wikipedia

  • 28John Howard Kyan — (1774 1850) was the inventor of the kyanising process for preserving wood. He was the son of John Howard Kyan of Mount Howard and Ballymurtagh, County Wicklow, and was born in Dublin on Nov 27, 1774. His father was the owner of valuable copper… …

    Wikipedia

  • 29bichloride of mercury — noun a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative • Syn: ↑mercuric chloride, ↑mercury chloride, ↑corrosive sublimate • Hypernyms: ↑sublimate * * * noun see bic …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 30mercury chloride — noun a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative • Syn: ↑mercuric chloride, ↑bichloride of mercury, ↑corrosive sublimate • Hypernyms: ↑sublimate * * * noun : a chloride of… …

    Useful english dictionary