'Cadet's fuming liquid' definitions:

Definition of 'Cadet's fuming liquid'

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  • Fuming \Fum"ing\, a. Producing fumes, or vapors. [1913 Webster]
  • Cadet's fuming liquid (Chem.), alkarsin.
  • Fuming liquor of Libavius (Old Chem.), stannic chloride; the chloride of tin, SnCl4, forming a colorless, mobile liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it solidifies to the so-called butter of tin.
  • Fuming sulphuric acid. (Chem.) Same as Disulphuric acid, uder Disulphuric. [1913 Webster]