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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



... the sensation of bitter, and the question is, what there is common to all these substances. The sweet taste is aroused not only by sugar, but by glycerine, saccharine, and even "sugar of lead" (lead acetate). The sour taste is aroused by most acids, but not by all, and also by some substances that are not chemically acids. Thus the chemistry of taste stimuli involves something not as ...
— Psychology - A Study Of Mental Life • Robert S. Woodworth

... in this preparation must be free from impurities, especially aldehyde. One cc. dissolved in 50 cc. of water and treated with a freshly prepared clear solution of phenylhydrazine acetate should give no appreciable precipitate. If it is not pure, it must first be treated with alkali ...
— Organic Syntheses • James Bryant Conant

... pain will be lessened. With the decrease in pain the poulticing may be discontinued, and the horn over the seat of the injury dressed with some antiseptic and hardening solution. Sulphate of zinc, a mixture of sulphate of zinc and lead acetate, sulphate of copper, or the mixture known as Villate's solution,[A] may either of them be used. Suitably shod, and with a leather sole for preference, the animal may then again be put ...
— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks



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



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