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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

cerous

/seer-uhs/US // ˈsɪər əs //UK // (ˈsɪərəs) //

陶瓷,陶瓷的,陶瓷质地,陶瓷质

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : containing trivalent cerium.

Examples

  • Ul′cered, affected with an ulcer; Ul′cerous, of the nature of an ulcer: affected with an ulcer.

  • By the addition of caustic soda to cerous salts, a white precipitate of cerous hydroxide is formed.

  • Cerous sulphide, Ce2S3, results on heating cerium with sulphur or cerium oxide in carbon bisulphide vapour.

  • Double salts of cerous chloride with stannic chloride, mercuric chloride, and platinic chloride are also known.

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