stannous
IPA: stˈænʌs
adjective
- (chemistry) Containing bivalent tin.
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Examples of "stannous" in Sentences
- Stannite ion can be formed by adding strong base to stannous hydroxide.
- Stannous chloride can be used to test for the presence of gold compounds.
- Stannous Oxide is commonely found as a black or deep gray colored powder.
- Stannous ethylhexanoate can be used here as the antioxidant organometallic.
- By treating a solution of stannous chloride with aqua regia, stannic chloride is formed:
- If the stannous chloride is in excess, the reaction may go further, producing metallic mercury:
- P & G's Crest Pro-Health Enamel Shield, which came out last year, is made with a particular type of fluoride called stannous fluoride.
- In the decades since 1955 when Crest with stannous fluoride first hit the market, it's become hard to find a toothpaste without fluoride.
- Silver precipitating nuclei are prepared by partially oxidizing a stannous salt reducing agent and then reducing a noble metal salt or complex with said reducing agent.
- The ease with which stannous chloride takes up chlorine to form stannic chloride makes it a good reducing agent in many reactions, changing the higher chlorides of metals to lower ones.
- Another preparation of tin is known as stannous gold; it is manufactured in heavy sheets and used the same as cohesive gold foil, and can be easily manipulated, for it is rather plastic.
- Silver precipitating nuclei are prepared by partially oxidizing a stannous salt reducing agent with a ferric oxidizing agent and then reducing a noble metal salt or complex with said reducing agent.
- The results of the examination as reported in Serial No. 552, below, showed that the canned pumpkin contained an amount of stannous salts equivalent to 6.4 maximum doses and 51.4 minimum doses of stannous chloride per pound.
- The inner coating of the can was found to be badly eroded, and upon examination, as reported in Serial No. 563, below, one pound of the pumpkin contained tin salts equivalent to 7 maximum and 56 minimum doses of stannous chloride.
- In addition to forming fluorapatite crystals like other fluorides, stannous fluoride also has a toxic effect on acid-producing mouth bacteria, says biochemist Matthew J. Doyle, director of global research and development for P & G's oral-care division.