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Homberg's phosphorus

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating calcium chloride.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

and Homberg found, that if it (muriate of lime) was urged by a violent heat till it condensed, on cooling, into a vitreous mass, it emitted a phosphoric light upon being struck by any hard body, in which state it was called Homberg's phosphorus

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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