pyrogallol
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pyrogallol
First recorded in 1875–80; pyro- + gall(ic) 2 + -ol 1
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When ozone is bubbled through a dilute pyrogallol solution, the liquid glows brightly though no heat is evolved.
From Time Magazine Archive
Councler substitutes phloroglucinol for pyrogallol, with the advantage of doing away with the digestion at high temperature.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
The United States Government Printing Office proposals call for leathers tanned with a pyrogallol tannin, since it has been proved that such leathers prove most resistant to the evil effects of light, heat and gas.
From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low
In the American and Japanese species they are a mixture of catechol and pyrogallol tannins, while they appear to be pure pyrogallol tannins in the Chinese species.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
In collodion it should at first not be used of greater strength than three to four per cent., as in this form pyrogallol sometimes acts with unexpected energy.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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