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

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.

One of the best known is Brugère's Powder, which is a mixture of 54 parts of picrate of ammonia and 45 parts of saltpetre.

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

Gun-cotton 1,123 " Potassic picrate 840 " which, multiplied by the mechanical equivalent per unit, gives— Nitro-glycerine 778 metre tons per kilogramme.

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

Picric acid is a crystalline bitter product extracted from coal-tar, and forming, in combination with potash, a yellow salt known as picrate of potash.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Verne, Jules

Among the first things that were found was the case of picrate, perfectly intact, having neither been injured by the water, nor of course reached by the flames.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Verne, Jules