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Binary compound   /bˈaɪnəri kˈɑmpaʊnd/   Listen
Binary compound

noun
1.
Chemical compound composed of only two elements.





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"Binary compound" Quotes from Famous Books



... and showed that these proportions had always a simple ratio to one another. This is the "law of multiple proportions." He laid down the following arbitrary rules for determining the number of atoms in a compound:—if only one compound of two elements exists, it is a binary compound and its atom is composed of one atom of each element; if two compounds exist one is binary (say A B) and the other ternary (say A 2B); if three, then one is binary and the others may be ternary (A 2B, ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 - "Chtelet" to "Chicago" • Various


Words linked to "Binary compound" :   hydride, chemical compound, compound, calcium carbide, H2O, common salt, water, ammonia, sodium chloride


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