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Ferrous   Listen
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Ferrous  adj.  (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence of two; as, ferrous sulphate.






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"Ferrous" Quotes from Famous Books



... substituted for oxalate of iron as a developer. To prove this he prepared some proto-succinate of iron from the succinate of potassium and proto-sulphate of iron, following the method given by Dr. Eder for the preparation of his ferrous oxalate developer. He carried out the development in the same way as is done by the oxalate, and he found that the succinate of iron is even more energetic than the oxalate. The plate develops regularly with much delicacy, and gives a peculiar ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 286 - June 25, 1881 • Various



Words linked to "Ferrous" :   ferric, iron



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