| 单词 | ruby arsenic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruby arsenic ruby arsenic n. now rare = realgar n.; cf. ruby of arsenic n. at sense A. 3b, ruby sulphur n. [After German †Arsenikrubin (1746 or earlier), probably itself after French †rubis d'arsenic (1676: see note at sense A. 3b; compare French†rubine d'arsenic (1765)).] ΚΠ 1776 J. Seiferth tr. C. E. Gellert Metallurgic Chym. ii. lxxv. 327 When both the sulphur and the arsenic are contained together in an ore, they unite and dissolve one another very readily, and then an orpiment and red arsenic, called ruby arsenic [Ger. Arsenikrubin], is obtained. 1854 R. Hunt Res. Light (ed. 2) i. 16 In 1802, M. Sage noticed that crystals of ruby arsenic effloresced in the Light. 1912 A. H. Phillips Mineralogy v. 294 Realgar..is also used as a pigment, but the commercial, or ruby, arsenic is an artificial product. 1998 S. M. Godfrey et al. in N. C. Norman Chem. Arsenic, Antimony & Bismuth iii. 111 The commercial synthetic material is known as ‘red-glass’, ‘ruby arsenic’ or ‘arsenic blend’ and is used in tanneries as a depilatory in the production of fine leather. < as lemmas |
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