† hyperoxymuriˈatic, a. Chem. Obs.
[f. as prec. + oxymuriatic.]
In h. acid, the old name of chloric acid HClO3, as containing a larger amount of oxygen than an ‘oxymuriatic’ (chlorous) acid, HClO2.
| 1794 G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. App. 541 The oxymuriatic, the hyperoxymuriatic..acids. 1807 T. Thomson Chem. (ed. 3) II. 237 Berthollet..concluded from them, that the oxymuriatic acid had been decomposed during the process; that..another portion combined with an additional dose of oxygen, and was converted into hyperoxymuriatic acid. |