Introduction to the study of inorganic chemistry / by William Allen Miller.

  • Miller, William Allen, 1817-1870.
Date:
1871
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Introduction to the study of inorganic chemistry / by William Allen Miller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    310/332
    NO. OF Q'IEST. 32- 33- 34- 35- 36. 37- 38. 39- 40. 41. 42. 43- 44- 45- 46. 47- 48. 49- SO- S'- S2. S3- p,^aE Correct for pressure iS cubic centimetres of a gas at o'^C. and 730 mm. .... 28-29 What is the difference between the specific gravity and the relative weight of a gas? . . . 29-30 What is the difference between an acid and an anhydride? 31 What is the usual test for .an acid ?—for an alkali ? -3' What is a b.ase? . . . . . •3' St.ate the difference between an aci<l ending in ous and one ending in ic, and between a salt ending in He ami one ending in ate . . . . . .32 Explain this equation ; Il.^SO^-t-2KITO = K^.SO^-f 2lI.j(J 32 State the difference between ferrous oxide and ferric oxide, ferrous .sulphate and ferric sulphate . . -33 What is ozone supposed to be? Name a test for it, and describe its properties .... 34“3^ What is the specific gravity, relative weight, and molecular weight and volume of nitrogen ? . . -3*^ How is nitrogen jirepared ? and de.scribe its leading pro- perties . . . . . •3*5 When liniewater turns milky in the presence of atmospheric air, what does that show ? . . . -39 What is the weight of a litre of dry air at the standard temperature and pressure ? . . . -39 What are the accidental ingredients of the atmosphere ? . 40 What is the symbol of water; its atomic and nioleeul.ar weights ; its specific gravity at 4° C. ? The specific gravity of ice and steam ? The relative weights of water- gas or vapour, and its atomic and molecular volumes ? 41, 44, 65 State some of the methods by which water is decomposed and hydrogen collected, and what becomes of the oxygen . . . • • 4'”44 1 low much steam does a litre of water at 100° C. ]iroducc? 44 How are the fixed points in the thermometer determined, and what jirecautions niu-t be taken with respect to ihc boiling point ? . • • - • -45 nescribe some of the jiliysical pro]ierlics of water . . 4.S What takes iilace during the cooling of water, and what is meant by the point of niaximum density of water ? . 47 What is the free/ing point of water on thet . and 1'. scales. What is meant by the specific gravity of a .solid—gold, for cxani]ile ? . • • ■ • • -47