資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Note: Although a gas, hydrogen is chemically similar to the
metals in its nature, having the properties of a weak
base. It is, in all acids, the base which is replaced
by metals and basic radicals to form salts. Like all
other gases, it is condensed by great cold and pressure
to a liquid which freezes and solidifies by its own
evaporation. It is absorbed in large quantities by
certain metals (esp. palladium), forming alloy-like
compounds; hence, in view of quasi-metallic nature, it
is sometimes called {hydrogenium}. It is the typical
reducing agent, as opposed to oxidizers, as oxygen,
chlorine, etc.
{Bicarbureted hydrogen}, an old name for ethylene.
{Carbureted hydrogen gas}. See under {Carbureted}.
{Hydrogen dioxide}, a thick, colorless liquid, {H2O2},
resembling water, but having a bitter, sour taste,
produced by the action of acids on barium peroxide. It
decomposes into water and oxygen, and is manufactured in
large quantities for an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
Called also {oxygenated water}.