molybdous, a. Chem.
(məʊˈlɪbdəs)
[f. molybd-ena + -ous.]
Applied to compounds into which molybdenum enters in its lower valency, as opp. to molybdic: esp. in molybdous acid.
| 1796 Hatchett in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 336 The green oxyde, which..I am inclined to call molybdous acid. 1826 Henry Elem. Chem. II. 59 When one part of powdered molybdenum, and two parts of molybdic acid, are triturated in boiling water;..we obtain a fine blue powder, which is molybdous acid. 1873 Watts Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 514 Molybdous salts in acids, are opaque and almost black. |