tartaric
adjective
pertaining to or derived from tartar.
tartaric
American
[tahr-tar-ik, -tahr-]
/ tɑrˈtær ɪk, -ˈtɑr- /
adjective
Tartaric
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British
/ tɑːˈtærɪk /
adjective
tartaric
2
British
/ tɑːˈtærɪk /
adjective
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Origin of tartaric
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If eaten, the tartaric acid in grapes or raisins may cause acute kidney disease.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
Industrial winemakers today can simply take care of any potential problems in the cellar, adding products like Mega Purple, powdered tannin or tartaric acid to solve issues of color, structure or acidity.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
William Astbury, J. D. Bernal and Kathleen Lonsdale worked at the Royal Institution in London under physicist and Nobel laureate William Henry Bragg, studying small molecules such as tartaric acid.
From Nature ● Apr. 15, 2019
In the latest excavation, the archaeologists skipped the chemical scrub. This allowed researchers to extract four organic compounds present in the potsherds: citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid and tartaric acid.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2017
For example, all the specimens of bornite and pyrrhotite examined yielded sulphuretted hydrogen with tartaric, citric, and oxalic acids, but chalcopyrite and pyrite do not.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
Tartaric, citric, and lactic acids are used to lower the wine’s pH to be too acidic for bacteria or fungal growth.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 20, 2023
I identify the markers of specific natural products: Tartaric acid is a fingerprint compound for grapes in the Middle East, for example, while calcium oxalate points to the presence of barley beer.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2015
Tartaric acid occurs in large amounts only in grapes, and terebinth resin was a wine preservative used all over the ancient Near East up through Roman times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tartaric acid is seldom used alone, but very often in combination with cream of tartar.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder
The impression is developed by immersion in Ferrous sulphate 8 parts Tartaric acid 4 parts Sulphuric acid 1 part Water 100 parts The image is rapidly developed.
From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Peter C. Duchochois
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