"Bichloride" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... strong light, but is subject to be changed in hue by other substances, and blackened by foul air: we may conjecture, therefore, that it is not of much value in painting." In his estimate of this colour the author was certainly right. It is formed when a solution of bichloride of molybdenum is poured into a saturated, or nearly saturated, solution of molybdate of ammonia. A blue precipitate falls, which is a molybdate of molybdic oxide, hydrated, and abundantly soluble in water. When dried, it furnishes a dark ...
— Field's Chromatography - or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists • George Field |
