Chemistry, inorganic and organic : with experiments / by Charles Loudon Bloxam.

  • Charles Bloxam
Date:
1875
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Credit: Chemistry, inorganic and organic : with experiments / by Charles Loudon Bloxam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OE CONTENTS. Paragraph Introduction.—Definitions, ......] Enumeration and classification of elements, with their symbols, . 2 Classification of compounds into organic and inorganic, . . 3 Chemistry of the Non-metallic Elements and their Compounds. Water.—Analysis of water by the galvanic battery; construction of G^aye's battery, ....... 4 Electrolysis; electro-positive and electro-negative elements, . . 5 Eelative volumes of hydrogen and oxygen in water; difference in application of electricity according to quantity and tension, . 6. Decomposition of steam into detonating gas by heat and electric sparks, 7 Law of definite proportions ; atomic theory; atomic heat, . . 8. Disengagement of hydrogen from water by metals ; definition of an, alkali; definition of chemical equivalent of a metal; actioij. of potassium and sodium on water ; classification of metals, accord- ing to their action upon water, ..... g Hydrogen.—Preparation of hydrogen by action of red-hot iron upon steam ; by action of zinc or iron upon diluted sulphuric acid, . 10 Physical properties of hydrogen; its value as a theoretical unit of volume; illustrations of its extreme lightness, . . . 11-12 Diffusibility of gases defined and illustrated; separation of hydrogen and oxygen by atmolysis; law of the velocities of diffusion, . 13 Chemical properties of hydrogen; character of its flame, . . 14 Explosive mixtures of hydrogen with air and oxygen, . . 15 Oxygen.—Its occurrence in nature, . . . . .16 Physical properties of oxygen. Specific gravity of gases defined, . 17 Chemical properties of oxygen. Combustion, . . .18 Relations of oxygen to phosphorus; effects of heat and minute divi- sion upon chemical attraction; natiu'e of acids, , , 19 Kelations of oxygen to sulphur, ..... 20 Relations of oxygen to carbon, ..... 21 Etymology of oxygen. Definition of an acid, . . . 22 Relations of oxygen to the metals ; sodium and oxygen, . . 23 Relations of oxygen to zinc; definition of base, salt, salt-radicat, . 24 Relations of oxygen to iron; naming ol' oxides to indicate their com- position ; definition of a metal, . . . . .25 Indiflcrent oxides, 26 Preparation of oxygen irom atmospheric air, , . .27 „ „ binoxide of maiiganeee, . . 28