A piece of metal (sodium) of the size of a pea is placed in a deflagrating spoon, and heated in the blowpipe-flame to redness. Suddenly immersed into a jar containing half a pint of chlorine-gas, it burns with a bright yellow flame to chloride of sodium.
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deflagrating spoon — noun or deflagration spoon : a spoon with a long vertical handle used in deflagration experiments … Useful english dictionary
deflagrating-spoon — defˈlagrating spoon noun A cup with a long vertical shank for handling chemicals that deflagrate • • • Main Entry: ↑deflagrate … Useful english dictionary
deflagration spoon — noun see deflagrating spoon … Useful english dictionary
deflagrate — verb /ˈdɛfləɡɹeɪt/ To burn with intense light and heat. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction. Ant: detonate See Also: deflagrating spoon, deflagration … Wiktionary
deflagrant — adjective That burns with intense light and heat. Gunpowder is a deflagrant (ie rapidly burning) mixture of a solid fuel such as charcoal with a solid oxidising agent the only one available up to the late 18th century was saltpetre. See Also:… … Wiktionary
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