zinc sulphate

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noun

Also called: white vitriol. zinc vitriol. a colourless soluble crystalline substance usually existing as the heptahydrate or monohydrate: used as a mordant, in preserving wood and skins, and in the electrodeposition of zinc. Formula: ZnSO 4

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The zinc sulphate spraying should be repeated for three consecutive days, then once every two weeks while danger of infantile paralysis prevails in the community.

From Time Magazine Archive

Concrete primed with a 25% solution of zinc sulphate crystals dissolved in water.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner

Flour paste answers the same purpose, but needs zinc sulphate as a preservative.

From Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) by Clough Williams-Ellis

The reagents in common use are acetic acid; magnesium chloride, used for a glue employed by printers; hydrochloric acid and zinc sulphate; nitric acid and lead sulphate; and phosphoric acid and ammonium carbonate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Concrete primed with zinc sulphate followed by two coats of para red.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner

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