trisilver

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noun

Three silver atoms in a compound.

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Meanings

nountrisilver (uncountable)
  1. especiallyin compoundsuncountablechemistryThree silver atoms in a compound.
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    This, however, reacts with methyl iodide just as the trisilver salt does. When dry trisilver cochinelate is heated with excess of methyl iodide at 100°, a mixture of the methyl ethers of trimethyl and dimethyl hydrogen cochinelate, OMe⋅C₆HMe(CO₂Me)₃ and OMe⋅C₆HMe(CO₂H)(CO₂Me)₂, is obtained; these can be separated by means of aqueous sodium carbonate.

    1900, “Mixed Esters of Cochinelic Acid”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, page 661

Origin

From tri- + silver.

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