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    what is the 6 letter word for' compounds containing gold' with letter'a' as first?

    Question #72046. Asked by yngupta. (Nov 05 06 10:10 PM)


    wendypj

    		aurums

    Nov 05 06, 10:52 PM
    yngupta

    		Will aurous give the same meaning as aurum?

    Nov 05 06, 11:12 PM
    wendypj

    		Aurum is a noun meaning 'derived froms of gold'.

    Aurous is an adjective to describe anything pertaining to or containing gold.

    I guess it depends on how you read the question as to whether you are looking for the noun or the adjective.

    Nov 05 06, 11:23 PM
    Baloo55th

    		It'll be aurous. As in ferrous, stannous and so on. When a metallic element has two valencies, the lower valency is described by an -ous ending, and the higher by an -ic ending. There is a word auric for the higher valency of gold, but as a six letter word was asked for, aurous is the answer. The two valencies are 1 for aurous, and 3 for auric. Normally, a metal salt is known by the English name for the metal - i.e. aluminium chloride - but where there are two valencies names from Latin are used. Ferrous is iron, stannous tin, cuprous copper and so on.

    Nov 06 06, 7:11 AM

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