Unacted in a Sentence
  • It differs from the simple ketenes in that it is apparently unacted upon by phenols and alcohols.
  • Wohler reduced the sesquioxide by zinc, and obtained a shining green powder of specific gravity 6.81, which tarnished in air and dissolved in hydrochloric acid and warm dilute sulphuric acid, but was unacted upon by concentrated nitric acid.
  • In the massive state it is unacted upon by dry air, but if moistened with acidified water, oxidation takes place slowly.
  • It is a volatile compound which burns when heated in oxygen and which is unacted upon by sulphuric and hydrochloric acids.