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PELAIN SULFURE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tanning and Tanning Oils (Leather Ind.)
DEF

Lime liquor sharpened with a sulphide, usually sodium sulphide.

OBS

lime liquor: A saturated limewater containing slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) greatly in excess of saturation and used, usually along with sodium sulfide, for loosening and degrading the hair and other epidermal structures of hides and skins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tannin et huile de tannage (Ind. du cuir)

Spanish

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