 | Edward Turner - Chemistry - 1828 - 516 pages
...the observations of Sir H. Davy that chlorine is the agent in both cases, since the nitro-muriatic acid does not dissolve gold, except when it gives rise to the formation of chlorine. (Page 169.) It is to* be inferred, therefore, that the chlorine unites direclly with the gold. Whether... | |
 | Jacob Green - Chemistry - 1829 - 626 pages
...the observations of Sir H. Davy, that chlorine is the agent in both cases, since the nitro-muriatic acid does not dissolve gold, except when it gives...of chlorine. It is to be inferred, therefore, that the chlorine unites directly with the gold. Whether the resulting solution is really a chloride of... | |
 | Edward Turner - Chemistry - 1840 - 696 pages
...any of the pure acids ; for it may be boiled even in nitric acid without undergoing any change. Its best solvents are chlorine and nitro-hydrochloric...except when it gives rise to the formation of chlorine. (Page 21C.) It is to be inferred, therefore, that the chlorine unites directly with the gold. It ia... | |
 | John Johnston - Chemistry - 1843 - 586 pages
...in nitric acid without undergoing any change. Its best solvents are chlorine and mtro-hydrochloric acid; and it appears from the observations of Davy...it gives rise to the formation of chlorine. It is inferred, therefore, that the chlorine unites directly with the gold. It is also readily attacked by... | |
 | John Johnston - Chemistry - 1846 - 496 pages
...any of the pure acids; for it may be boiled even in nitric acid without undergoing any change. Its best solvents are chlorine and nitro-hydrochloric...it gives rise to the formation of chlorine. It is inferred, therefore, that the chlorine unites directly with the gold. It is also readily attacked by... | |
 | 458 pages
...ac' cording to Sir Humphrey Davy, the chlorine is the agent in both cases, since the nitromuriatic acid does not dissolve gold, except when it gives...of chlorine. It is to be inferred, therefore, that the chlorine unites directly with the gold and that the compound formed is a chloride of gold. There... | |
 | John Johnston - Chemistry - 1848 - 492 pages
...any of the pure acids; for it may be boiled even in nitric acid without undergoing any change. Its best solvents are chlorine and nitro-hydrochloric...and it appears from the observations of Davy that chlo* It is said that a few years ago a considerable business was carried on in Paris, by importing... | |
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Gold is not oxidized or dissolved by any of the pure acids ; for it may be boiled even in nitric acid without undergoing any change. Its best solvents are chlorine and nitro-hydrochloric acid ; and it appears from the observations of Davy that chlorine... 