picrate

American  

[pik-reyt] / ˈpɪk reɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a salt or ester of picric acid.

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picrate British  

/ ˈpɪkreɪt /

noun

1. any salt or ester of picric acid, such as sodium picrate

2. a charge-transfer complex formed by picric acid

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Other Word Forms

• picrated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of picrate

First recorded in 1865–70; picr(ic acid) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

The resinous mass thus produced is boiled with water, the resulting picric acid is converted into a sodium salt by a solution of sodium carbonate, which throws down sodium picrate in crystals.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

We will begin with the simplest example: the use of picro-carmine, a mixture of neutral ammonium carmine and ammonium picrate.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

A solution of calcium picrate, that is, the lime salt of picric acid, is pumped in and as the reaction begins the mixture heats up and the chlorpicrin distils over with the steam.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

Fortunately, in addition to the picrate compounds that Quick called "azure stinging bees," we had brought with us a few cases of dynamite, of which we now made use for blasting purposes.

From Queen Sheba's Ring by Haggard, Henry Rider

Myosin has a greater affinity for ammonium picrate than for the carmine salt, and therefore in a mixture of the two combines with the yellow dye.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.