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Definition of Lampblack

1. Noun. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.

Definition of Lampblack

1. n. The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.

Definition of Lampblack

1. Noun. An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks. ¹

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Definition of Lampblack

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Literary usage of Lampblack

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

1. Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat: A Series by John Tyndall (1873)
"But the case of lampblack will here occur to many, as the most powerful absorber and radiator yet discovered. No doubt the grouping of the atoms of an ..."

2. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1916)
"Sometimes they add ,-V to -J'T per cent, lampblack and logwood extract with ... Properties of lampblack or Soot.—The average litre-weight of the loose soot ..."

3. Modern Inorganic Chemistry by Joseph William Mellor (1912)
"lampblack is made by burning substances rich in carbon in a limited supply ... lampblack is also made from natural gas. A ring of burners is mounted below ..."

4. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Charles D. Demond (1905)
"lampblack is a very fine grained pigment, permanent, and of great covering power. ... It is not so soft and fine as lampblack. Graphite is employed as a ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"A paint of pure lampblack and oil is the most Indestructible that we have, and letters of this will stand out like type after the lead paint and the very ..."

6. Rustless Coatings: Corrosion and Electrolysis of Iron and Steel by Matthew Patterson Wood (1905)
"lampblack is the fine deposit or soot formed by the imperfect combustion of ... The fatty-oil lampblack is filament-formed, and incorporates with the oil ..."

7. Chemistry for Engineers and Manufacturers: A Practical Text-book by Bertram Blount, Arthur George Bloxam (1905)
"On account of its mode of preparation lampblack contains oil and tarry ... For the manufacture of printing ink, lampblack is calcined to remove oily matter. ..."

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)
"lampblack. The manufacture of lampblack is quite an important branch of trade in certain localities. This black is obtained by the incomplete combustion of ..."

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