thallic, a. Chem.
(ˈθælɪk)
[f. thalli-um + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or derived from thallium; spec. applied to compounds containing thallium in smaller proportion, relatively to oxygen, than thallious compounds. thallic oxide = Thallium trioxide, Tl2O3.
| 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 750 In solutions of thallic salts, the thallium may be estimated by reducing the thallic to thallious salts with an alkaline sulphite. 1873 ― Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 411 The Trichloride or Thallic Chloride. |