ANTIMONIC

adj.?-mo?n‘i2k, Lat., antimonic us, stibicus. Fr., an tim on i que. It., antimonico. Sp., antimônico. Of or pertaining to antimony; in chemical nomenclature, containing antimony as a quinquivalent radicle. [B.]—A. acid. Lat., acidum an tim on i cum (seu stibicum). Fr., acide an tim on i que. Ger., An timonsäure. It., acido antimonico. Br eta ay Syn.: materia perlata Kerkringii. A name formerly given to antimony pentoxide (anhydrous a. acid), but now applied to the hydrate of this substance, HSbO, + 2H,0, also called met antimonic acid. It is a white impalpable powder almost insoluble in water, which acts as a monobasic acid, forming salts called antimonates. It is formed by decomposing a fused mixture of antimony trisulphide and nitre with sulphuric acid or vinegar. It was formerly official in several pharma copælas, Ortho antimonic acid, a substance of the composition H,SbO,, is said to he formed by the action of water upon Tea pent a chloride. It forms salts called ortho antimonates. [B, 3, 119, 15 See also MET ANTIMONIC ACID and PyRANTIMONIC actp.—A. anhydride. Fr,, anhydride (ou oxyde) an tim on i que. Ger., An timonsäure an hydrid, Antimonoxyd. | It., anidride antimonic a, o ido antimonico. Alp éxido antimônico. See ANTIMONY pentoxide—A. hydrate. See A. acid.—A. oxide. See A. an- An- See Antimony bromide.— See ANTI- See ANTIMONY LOU Ep UATE: See ANTIMONY See Regulus ANTIMONIL.— hydride —A, sulphide. Fr., sulfure an tim on i que, mon sulfid. It., solfuro antimonico. Antimony pent a sulphide.