BISMUTHYL Definition & Meaning

bismuthyl

[ biz-muh-thil ]

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noun

Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bismuthyl¹

bismuth + -yl

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In these two compounds the group of atoms, BiO, acts as a univalent metallic radical and is called bismuthyl.

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This group would, by this theory, become an oxygenated metal radical similar to the hypothetical bismuthyl and uranyl, and yet one in which the metallic character has disappeared as completely as in the ferrocyanic group.

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