Definition of Blanc fixe

1. Noun. A white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment.

Exact synonyms: Barium Sulfate, Barium Sulphate
Generic synonyms: Sulfate, Sulphate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blanc Fixe

blamers
blames
blameshift
blameshifted
blameshifting
blameshifts
blamestorm
blamestormed
blamestorming
blamestorms
blameworthily
blameworthiness
blameworthy
blaming
blams
blanc fixe (current term)
blancard
blancards
blanch
blanch holding
blanch holdings
blanched
blanched almond
blanched almonds
blancher
blanchers
blanches
blanching
blanching agent
blanchingly

Literary usage of Blanc fixe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The finer qualities (' blanc fixe ') are prepared from precipitated barium sulphate ; and this is also used for dressing cloth and leather, ..."

2. Chemistry of Pulp and Paper Making by Edwin Sutermeister (1920)
"blanc fixe and Barytes. Both of these are chemically barium sulphate, BaSO*; ... The best grades of blanc fixe are prepared from witherite (BaCO3) by ..."

3. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1913)
"The percentage of barytes or barytes and blanc fixe can be increased somewhat without deleterious effects if the percentage of such pigments as basic ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Colors for Painting: Comprising by Jean René Denis Riffault des Hêtres, Armand Denis Vergnaud, G. Alvar Toussaint (1874)
"Artificial Sulphate of-Baryta, blanc fixe. For several years we have found in the market, under the name of Wane fixe (fast white), an artificial ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The finer qualities (' blanc fixe ') are prepared from precipitated barium sulphate ; and this is also used for dressing cloth and leather, ..."

6. Chemistry of Pulp and Paper Making by Edwin Sutermeister (1920)
"blanc fixe and Barytes. Both of these are chemically barium sulphate, BaSO*; ... The best grades of blanc fixe are prepared from witherite (BaCO3) by ..."

7. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1913)
"The percentage of barytes or barytes and blanc fixe can be increased somewhat without deleterious effects if the percentage of such pigments as basic ..."

8. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Colors for Painting: Comprising by Jean René Denis Riffault des Hêtres, Armand Denis Vergnaud, G. Alvar Toussaint (1874)
"Artificial Sulphate of-Baryta, blanc fixe. For several years we have found in the market, under the name of Wane fixe (fast white), an artificial ..."

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