aqua regia

English

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinaqua regia(literally“royal water”),so named because it is one of the fewsolventscapable of dissolvingnoble metals.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑː.kwə ˈɹeɪ.ɡi.ə/,/ˌækwə ˈɹiː.ʒə/,enPR:ăʹkwə-rēʹjē-ə

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Noun

aquaregia(uncountable)(abbreviationA.R.)

1. (inorganic chemistry,archaic)A mixture of three parts concentratedhydrochloric acidto one part concentratednitric acid,named for its ability to dissolvegold.

   Synonyms:aqua regis,nitro-hydrochloric acid

   • 2005,D.J. Krus,Elements of Propositional Calculus‎^[1]:

     Consider another example.'If gold is placed in aqua regia then it dissolves.'Aqua regiais a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids that dissolves gold or platinum. Observation of gold dissolving inaqua regia(argument 1 1) lends credence to the above conditional statement.
     Not placing the gold intoaqua regiaand gold not dissolving (argument 0 0) does not disprove the truth-value of this conditional.

Coordinate terms

• aqua fortis

Related terms

• regaline

Translations

mixture of acids

• Arabic:مَاء مَلَكِيّm(māʔ malakiyy)
• Bengali:অম্লরাজ(bn)(omloraj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Cường toan(zh)(wángshuǐ),Vương toan(wángsuān)

• Danish:kongevandn
• Dutch:koningswater(nl)n
• Finnish:kuningasvesi(fi)
• French:eau régale(fr)f
• German:Königswasser(de)n
• Gujarati:અમ્લરાજ(amlarāj)
• Hebrew:מֵי מֶלֶך(he)mpl(mei mélekh)
• Hindi:अम्लराज(amlarāj)
• Hungarian:királyvíz(hu)
• Italian:acqua regiaf
• Japanese:Cường toan(ja)(おうすい, ōsui)
• Korean:왕수( cường toan )(wangsu)
• Latin:aqua regia
• Latvian:karaļūdensm
• Malay:air raja,akua regia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:kongevannn

• Persian:تیزاب سلطانی(phát)(tizâb-e soltâni)
• Polish:woda królewska(pl)f
• Portuguese:água régia(pt)f
• Romanian:please add this translation if you can
• Russian:ца́рская во́дка(ru)f(cárskaja vódka)
• Spanish:agua regia(es)f
• Swedish:kungsvatten(sv)n
• Tamil:சுவர்ணபேதி(cuvarṇapēti)
• Turkish:kral suyu(tr)
• Ukrainian:ца́рська вода́(uk)f(cársʹka vodá),ца́рська горі́лка(uk)f(cársʹka horílka)
• Vietnamese:nước cường toan,cường thuỷ

Latin

Alternative forms

• aqua regis

Etymology

aqua(“water”)+‎regia(“royal”).From being a liquid capable of dissolving the most incorruptible of metals,gold.

Noun

aquaregia

1. (alchemy)aqua regia

Coordinate terms

• aqua fortis

Descendants

• →English:aqua regia