"Electrolytical" Quotes from Famous Books
... subjecting their acidulated solutions to electrolysis. The arsenic was evolved as hydride and recognized by the usual reactions, while the antimony was mainly deposited as metal upon the cathode. The electrolytic method for the detection of arsenic, in which all fear of contamination from impure zinc is overcome, has since been elaborated by Wolff, who has succeeded in detecting as little as 0.00001 grm. arsenious oxide by this means ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 • Various |