corrodant — ozdic

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VERB + CORRODANT

act

CORRODANT + NOUN

adj

Definitions

adj

1

corrodent, corrosive

Corrodant, adj. corrodant, having the power of corroding or wasting by degrees, corrosive.

noun

1

A corrosive agent; a corrodent.

I understand that a complete transmutation takes place in the iron; it gradually becomes incrusted with the copper, whilst at the same time the acids act as a corrodant; so that a piece of iron thrown in, after a certain time, comes out copper, but whether weight for weight, or size for size, I do not recollect.

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Corrodant, adj. corrodant, having the power of corroding or wasting by degrees, corrosive.

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I understand that a complete transmutation takes place in the iron; it gradually becomes incrusted with the copper, whilst at the same time the acids act as a corrodant; so that a piece of iron thrown

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