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    derived from the turpentine-producing tree Pistacia terebinthus and phthalic acid. Terephthalic acid is also used in the production of PBT plastic (polybutylene...
    20 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 27 February 2024
  • as essence of turpentine. The residue remaining in the autoclave vessel is a dark, syrupy mass called creosote. It is composed mainly of phenol (phenolic...
    16 KB (1,823 words) - 09:15, 21 May 2024
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    Gin (redirect from List of gins)
    "'common gin' is usually flavoured with turpentine". Another common variation was to distill in the presence of sulfuric acid. Although the acid itself...
    34 KB (3,731 words) - 21:18, 27 May 2024
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    (Turpentine Oil, Wood Turpentine, Sulfate Turpentine, Sulfite Turpentine) [8006-64-2]: Review of Toxicological Literature (PDF), National Institute of...
    54 KB (4,636 words) - 17:59, 7 June 2024
  • Mackintosh (category Clothing companies of Scotland)
    dissolved in turpentine, but this solvent was not satisfactory for making apparel. In 1830 Macintosh's company merged with the clothing company of Thomas Hancock...
    8 KB (762 words) - 12:16, 9 February 2024
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    glomulifera (turpentine) and Eucalyptus grandis (flooded gum). They were ably assisted in this by noted botanist Professor Lindsay Pryor of the Australian...
    63 KB (9,352 words) - 02:17, 4 March 2024
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    analysis of the current ingredients list reveals items such as limonene, whose variant called L-limonene is characterised by a "turpentine-like odour"...
    23 KB (2,405 words) - 17:32, 4 May 2024
  • Helen Frankenthaler (category Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters)
    painted onto unprimed canvas with oil paints that she heavily diluted with turpentine, a technique that she named "soak stain." This allowed for the colors...
    38 KB (4,112 words) - 21:15, 2 June 2024
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    modern variety of oil paint engineered to be thinned and cleaned up with water, rather than having to use chemicals such as turpentine. It can be mixed...
    88 KB (9,379 words) - 19:53, 6 June 2024
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    Georgia O'Keeffe (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
    paint for four years and said that the smell of turpentine made her ill. She began teaching art in 1911. One of her positions was at her former school, Chatham...
    105 KB (10,262 words) - 13:05, 5 June 2024
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    Molotov cocktail (category World War II infantry weapons of the Soviet Union)
    as diesel fuel, methanol, turpentine, jet fuel, acetone, and isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), have been used in place of, or combined with, petrol...
    56 KB (5,521 words) - 13:07, 5 June 2024
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    Liverpool Salvage Corps (category History of Merseyside)
    newly formed fire brigade stood no chance of halting the fire once it reached the 1000 barrels of turpentine, and by dawn 9 bonded warehouses, 5 free warehouses...
    8 KB (924 words) - 21:39, 4 December 2023
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    adulteration in turpentine. Mercaptans in naphtha. Ortho-xylene in recycled styrene. Aromatics in hydrocarbons. Essential oil in alcohol-based essences. The bottle...
    13 KB (1,705 words) - 11:53, 9 December 2022
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    demand for textiles, along with tobacco, sugar, and naval stores (such as turpentine). These raw materials were exported to factories in Europe and the Northeast...
    299 KB (34,144 words) - 19:10, 6 June 2024
  • every "wrong" piece of art in St. Canard and steal a profit along the way, only to be foiled by Darkwing and dissolved by turpentine. Surreal Man is a surreal...
    101 KB (13,304 words) - 15:14, 1 April 2024
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    Paul Gauguin (category French people of Peruvian descent)
    remaining sludge of pigment is mixed with turpentine. He may have used a similar technique in preparing his monotypes, using paper instead of metal, as it...
    138 KB (17,228 words) - 14:36, 7 June 2024
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    adulteration in samples. Most anethole is obtained from turpentine-like extracts from trees. Of only minor commercial significance, anethole can also be...
    34 KB (3,357 words) - 19:40, 21 May 2024
  • painting – Paint – Pigment – Pastel – Pencil crayon – Solvent – Tempera – Turpentine – Varnish – Wash – Watercolor painting – Airbrush – Brush – Easel – Maulstick...
    27 KB (3,191 words) - 05:21, 20 April 2024
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    mushroom') for the kidneys, and zizhi (紫芝; 'purple mushroom') for the Essence.[clarification needed] Commentators identify the red chizhi, or danzhi...
    43 KB (4,343 words) - 07:56, 21 May 2024
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    Concow, California (category California placenames of Native American origin)
    light. From his essence, out of his breath, he made the sun, the moon, and the countless stars, and pinned them in the blue vault of the heavens." There...
    40 KB (4,386 words) - 15:41, 31 January 2024
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