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ヨウ化物 (ヨウかぶつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ヨウ化か物ぶつ

also: ようかぶつ

ヨ

ウ

か

ぶ

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Meanings

1

noun

iodide

Chemical term for a compound containing iodine in the -1 oxidation state.

ヨウ化かカリウムは代だい表ひょう的てきなヨウ化か物ぶつです。
Potassium iodide is a typical iodide.
この反はん応のうではヨウ化か物ぶつイオンが生せい成せいされる。
Iodide ions are produced in this reaction.

Written forms

ヨウ化か物ぶつ
Standard modern spelling using katakana ヨウ for the element iodine.
沃よう化か物ぶつ
Older kanji spelling using 沃 for iodine; now largely replaced by ヨウ化物.
ようかぶつ

Kanji

化change, take the form of, influence
物thing, object, matter
沃

fertility

Similar words

ヨウ素そ
ヨウ素 is the element iodine itself, while ヨウ化物 is a compound containing iodine as iodide.
塩えん化か物ぶつ
塩化物 is chloride; ヨウ化物 is the iodine analogue.

Etymology

Compound of ヨウ (iodine) + 化物 (chemical compound suffix). The kanji 沃 is an older Chinese-derived character for iodine, now mostly replaced by katakana ヨウ in modern chemical terminology.