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Acetate   /ˈæsətˌeɪt/   Listen
Acetate

noun
1.
A salt or ester of acetic acid.  Synonym: ethanoate.
2.
A fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate.  Synonym: acetate rayon.



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"Acetate" Quotes from Famous Books



... white vitriol and acetate of lead, of each seven grains, in four ounces of elder-flower water; add one drachm of laudanum (tincture of opium), and the same quantity of spirit ...
— Enquire Within Upon Everything - The Great Victorian Domestic Standby • Anonymous

... unknown, either, in the loves of mortals, occurs. The arsenic abandons the copper, and clings in crystals to the sides of the glass tube, where it can be recognised by the aid of a magnifying-glass or microscope; and if the crystals are heated with a bit of acetate of potash the odour drives the ...
— The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 • Various

... parts of hyposulphite of soda in 15 parts of water and pour the solution slowly into a test tube which has been warmed in boiling water, filling the same about onehalf full. Dissolve in another glass 100 parts of acetate of soda in 15 parts of boiling water. Pour this solution slowly on top of the first in such a way that it forms an upper layer, without mixing the solutions. The two solutions are then covered over with a thin layer of boiling ...
— The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 - 700 Things For Boys To Do • Popular Mechanics



Words linked to "Acetate" :   sugar of lead, rayon, salt, acetin



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