tannate

[ tan-eyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a salt of tannic acid.

tannate

/ ˈtæneɪt /

noun

1. any salt or ester of tannic acid

Word History and Origins

Origin of tannate¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; tann(in) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

This turbidity, if I remember the cyclopædia aright, is tannate of fibrin, or leather.

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A coffee-spoonful of this solution contains 0.03 gram of the tannate, and this quantity may be given to a child, in a little milk.

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Ink is composed of iron tannate, which on exposure to air gives the black of writing.

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Perchloride of tin, in a similar manner, yields insoluble tannate of tin with tannic acid.

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The tannate is decomposed in the usual way with litharge and extracted by alcohol.

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