dithizonen.
/dʌɪˈθʌɪzəʊn/ Chemistry.
The crystalline compound diphenylthiocarbazone, C13H12N4S, which is used as a reagent for the estimation and separation of lead and other metals.
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1929 Brit. Chem. Abstr. A. 1412/2 (heading) Detection of heavy metals by means of ‘dithizone’.
1929 Brit. Chem. Abstr. A. 1412/2 Dithizone forms coloured complex compounds with many metals.
1956 Nature 31 Mar. 620/1 Phosphate adsorption followed by dithizone extraction.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. xv. 820 The zinc extractable by dithizone from the waters of Japanese mountain lakes varied from 1·3 to 5 mg. m.−3
1958 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 23 Apr. 880 Some new metal-dithizone complexes.
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