Aurous meaning

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Relating to or containing gold, especially with valence 1.
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Of or containing gold.
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Of or containing monovalent gold.
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Relating to gold.
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Containing gold.
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(inorganic chemistry) Containing univalent gold.
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Origin of aurous

  • Latin aurum gold –ous
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Aurous Sentence Examples

  • Aurous iodide is also obtained as a green solid by acting upon gold with iodine.

  • I i, i Oavev H (+ lx' 1 3) aurous 6py?7 Tor) Beou cis TPkOS.

  • Aurous oxide, Au 2 0, is obtained by cautiously adding potash to a solution of aurous bromide, or by boiling mixed solutions of auric chloride and mercurous nitrate.

  • Aurous chloride, AuCl, is obtained as a lemon-yellow, amorphous powder, insoluble in water, by heating auric chloride to 185°.

  • Gold dichloride, probably Au 2 C1 4, =Au.AuC1 4, aurous chloraurate, is said to be obtained as a dark-red mass by heating finely divided gold to 140°- 170° in chlorine.

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