404 DE. E. FEASEiASD’S SBSEAECHES OX OEGAXO-JIEIALLIC BODIES. 
Stannic ethide does not decompose waten, and is not acted “P™ 
Ovdioddoric acid in the cold. When, h-e™ the two 
cmv and exposed to a heat of 80» or 90» C., bubbles of gas are ^ 
requires from twelve to eighteen hours to complete reactmn^ 2^9^11 mercurial 
■2268 grm. stannic ethide yielded 75 cub. cent, of gas a .a 
' la-nh frt 90'T 1 nib cent ftt 0° C. and. 760 mm. pr 0 ssiir 6 . 
Thti! - — . » wM *. t*.™. 
results : — 
Gas used . . • • 
After action of SO 3 , 
After action of SO 3 
HO 
11 . 
Oxygen used for combustion . . 
After admission of combustible gas 
After explosion 
After absorption of carbonic acid . 
III. 
Pressure. 
Temperature. 
249-6 mm. 
13°-1C. 
249-0 
13°-1 
248-4 
13°-1 
432-3 
12°-0 
366-4 
12°-0 
375-6 
12°-0 
302-3 
12°-0 
322-1 
10°-7 
357-0 
10°-7 
270-0 
10°-7 
197-0 
10°-7 
Oxygen used for combustion . 
After admission of combustible gas 
After explosion 
After absorption of carbonic acid 
No. I. shows the gas to be free from ether vapour, chloride of ethyl, 
Nos II and III. prove it to possess the composition and specihc giaiity hyd 
ofX onTvolnmJof which rUes for its combustion 3-5 volumes of oxygen, and 
volumes of carbonic acid : 
Voi. of combustible gas. 
Vol. of 0 consumed. 
Yol. of CO 2 generated 
r— 0 0 
. r 37-1 : 
130-0 
; 1 0-0 
I 
3-50 
: 1-98 
r 34-9 : 
125-1 
; 73-0 
1 
3-58 
2-09 
This result, taken m connexion with the volume of hydride of ethyl disengaged tom 
a limwirweight of stannic ethide. indicates the following to be the reaction between that 
body and liYdrocbloric acid : 
H Cl J ISin (C, 1 - 15)3 Cl. 
1 • rxC 19 ‘^Q iipr cent of ethyl in the form of h)diido 
This reaction requires the expulsion ot 1.. oJ p • 
of ethyl, whereas in the above experiment -2268 grm. ot stannic ethide gaie 0- , , 
