tannate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tannate
Example Sentences
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Another method of mordanting cotton is to fix the metallic salt on the fibre as a tannate instead of an oleate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
No two give identical reactions—at all events not when mixed with the iron tannate to form the pigment in writing.
From The Silent Bullet by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
Tannic acid, not as free acid, is combined with caffein as a tannate.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
We then dip the mordanted piece of cotton into the colour bath, containing, for instance, Magenta, and it is dyed a fine red, composed of a tannate of antimony and Magenta.
From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert
"A gelatine lozenge dropped into the tea cup precipitates the tannin in the form of tannate of gelatine," said the clergyman to Miss Mergle, in a confidential bray.
From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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