chromic-sulfuric acid
- noun
- Specialized
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ácido crómico-sulfúrico
- After an experiment, the glassware was soaked in chromic-sulfuric acid to remove stubborn residues.
Examples
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Always wear gloves and goggles when handling chromic-sulfuric acid due to its corrosive nature.
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Laboratories have begun to replace chromic-sulfuric acid with less hazardous cleaning agents.
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The lab uses chromic-sulfuric acid for cleaning glassware.
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Always handle chromic-sulfuric acid with care.
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After an experiment, the glassware was soaked in chromic-sulfuric acid to remove stubborn residues.
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Always wear gloves and goggles when handling chromic-sulfuric acid due to its corrosive nature.
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Laboratories have begun to replace chromic-sulfuric acid with less hazardous cleaning agents.
Surface Forms
Morphology
chromic-sulfuric + acid
The compound is transparently built from the names of two acids plus the head noun 'acid'—if a learner knows 'chromic' (relating to chromium), 'sulfuric' (relating to sulfur), and 'acid', they can infer it is an acid composed of or involving chromic and sulfuric components. This compositional chemical naming pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts.
Etymology
The noun chromic-sulfuric acid is a literal name: it is a mix of chromic (from the metal chromium) and sulfuric (from the element sulfur) acids. So the name tells you it means 'a strong mix of chromic and sulfuric acids used to clean lab glass'.
