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White vitriol   /waɪt vˈɪtriəl/   Listen
White vitriol

noun
1.
A colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc.  Synonyms: zinc sulfate, zinc sulphate, zinc vitriol.





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"White vitriol" Quotes from Famous Books



... sick, did give to almost all those to whom he was called, in the beginning before Nature was much weakened, a pretty odd Vomit consisting of eight or ten dramms of Infusion of Crocus Metallorum, and about half a dramm, or much more, of White Vitriol, with such success, that scarce one of ten to whom it was ...
— Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) • Robert Boyle


Words linked to "White vitriol" :   zinc sulphate, sulfate, zinc sulfate, sulphate


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