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Excerpt from Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Vol. 2: Inorganic Substances
Characters and tests-occurs as an olive-brown powder: sp. Gr. It is reduced to the metallic state by a red heat, is soluble in ammo nia and in nitric acid, but Slightly soluble in water, to which it gives a metallic taste and an alkaline reaction.
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