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Alizarine, Alizarin  n.  (Chem.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially as an an orange-red crystalline compound from anthracene. It is used in making red pigments (such as the Turkish reds), and in dyeing.





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... the methods of madder dyeing have undergone a complete revolution, the origin of which we will seek to point out. When artificial alizarin, thanks to the beautiful researches of Graebe and Liebermann, made its industrial appearance in 1869, it was soon found that the commercial product, though yielding beautiful purples, was incapable of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 286 - June 25, 1881 • Various


Words linked to "Alizarine" :   alizarin, alizarin red, alizarin carmine, alizarin crimson, alizarine red


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