Carbonic
[kɑ:'bɒnik]
Definition
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.
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Examples
- In the following year observation of work in a brewery roused his curi osity in reference to carbonic acid. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The next process is the purification of the gas from carbonic acid and sulphuretted hydrogen. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Pictet used a pressure of 320 atmospheres and a temperature of -140°, obtained by the evaporation of liquid sulphurous acid and liquid carbonic acid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Air has usually been held to consist of four volumes of nitrogen and one volume of oxygen, with a very small proportion of carbonic acid gas and ammonia. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- During the operation the oxygen of the air combines with the carbon and forms carbonic acid gas, which, in escaping from the metal, appears to make it boil. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Fontana was the first to notice the decomposition of steam by incandescent carbon to form hydrogen and carbonic oxide. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A small force-pump, worked by a crank, with the assistance of a fly-wheel, draws the carbonic acid from the gas-holder, and forces it into the water. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The intensely hot steam is thus decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen, and the oxygen unites with the carbon of the coal to form carbonic oxide gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This is commonly done by passing it through water and lime; the combination of the carbonic acid with the lime being facilitated by agitation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He thought that the atmosp here must consist of at least two gases, and he proved that carbonic acid results from combustion and res piration. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In 1834 Thilorier made extensive experiments and demonstrations in the liquefaction of carbonic acid gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was known to consist largely of oxygen and n itrogen, and to contain in addition aqueous vapor, carbonic acid, and ammonia which might be brought to earth by rain. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Under the high pressure in the tube the carbonic acid was re tained. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A like relation was found in the weight of oxygen combining with carbon in the two compounds carbon monoxide and carbonic acid. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The carbonic acid gas is generated from chalk or whiting and diluted sulphuric acid. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Reference has already been made to Black's discovery of carbonic acid, and of the phenomena which he ascribed to latent heat. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The invention of soda-water, in the state in which it is now known, as an effervescing beverage impregnated with three or four times its volume of carbonic acid gas, is of very modern date. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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