Decomposing
[,dikəm'poz]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decompose
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Examples
- In the following year Davy reported other chemical changes produced by electricity; he had succeeded in decomposing the fixed alkalis and disc overing the elements potassium and sodium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was discovered in 1836 by Edmond Davy, who produced carburet of potassium, and evolved acetylene gas therefrom by decomposing it with water. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They are unstable compounds, decomposing readily, and furnish the acrid products which make strong butter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Your bank-notes had a musty odour, as if they were fast decomposing into rags again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Aluminum was first separated in 1828 by Wohler, by decomposing the chloride by means of potassium. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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