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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A red amorphous powder, C16H12O2, made by heating phenol with acetic anhydrid and zinc chlorid, or with glacial acetic acid and sulphuric acid. It is turned yellow by acids and red by alkalies. Also called
phenacetem and Degener's indicator.
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- noun chemistry, dated A yellowish-brown
powder obtained by the action ofsulphuric acid onglacial acetic acid andphenol .
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~Carbon Dioxide combined~ as normal carbonate. -- 100 c.c. of the water are tinted with phenacetolin or lacmoid; then heated to near boiling, and titrated with standard acid.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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