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binoxalate

American

[bahy-nok-suh-leyt, -lit] / baɪˈnɒk səˌleɪt, -lɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

an acid containing the group HC 2 O 4 –, as ammonium binoxalate, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O.

Etymology

Origin of binoxalate

First recorded in 1800–10; bin- + oxalate

Example Sentences

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A very common method employed by forgers to give an appearance of age to the ink used in spurious old documents is to mix with ordinary ink, muriatic acid, oxalic acid, or binoxalate of potash.

From The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents by Blackburn, Douglas

A white precipitate will be seen in the tube if either oxalic acid or binoxalate of potash has been employed.

From The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents by Blackburn, Douglas

The acid of sorrel is very prononcé, and is what chemists term a binoxalate of potash; that is, a combination of oxalic acid with potash.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

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