Definition of ferric Ferric
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Adjectiveferric, ferriccer, ferriccest |
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| ferric - of or relating to or containing iron | ||
| ferrous | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ferric (a.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valence than in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide; ferric acid.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fer′ik, adj. pertaining to or obtained from iron: noting an acid compounded of iron and oxygen.—ns. Ferr′ate, a salt formed by the union of ferric acid with a base; Ferrocyanogen (fer-o-sī-an′ō-jen), a compound radical supposed by chemists to exist in ferrocyanic acid and the ferrocyanides, the chief of which is potassium ferrocyanide, yielding Prussian blue; Ferr′otype, a photographic process in which the negative was developed by a saturated solution of protosulphate of iron. [L. ferrum, iron.]
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