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VEGETABLE BLACK [1 record]

Record 1 1986-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
DEF

In general any form of more or less pure carbon produced by incomplete combustion or destructive distillation of vegetable matter, wood, vines, wine lees.

CONT

Vegetable black ... [is] any of various black pigments resembling lampblacks but made by charring vegetable matter ... and used chiefly in printing inks, cements, and mortars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
CONT

Noirs végétaux. Ils sont obtenus par calcination, en vase clos, de déchets d'origine végétale (déchets de bois et de liège, noyaux de pêche, sarments de vigne). Leur fabrication est peu développée. Le bois de campêche donne avec certains sels de fer des laques noires qui ont été utilisées pour l'impression des papiers peints.

CONT

Noir végétal [...] Caractères physiques - Charbon de bois broyé en poudre fine. Usages - Peinture.

Spanish

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