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Definition of Litmus paper
1. Noun. Unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator.
Definition of Litmus paper
1. Noun. Paper containing a water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from certain lichens. The resulting piece of paper is used to test materials for acidity. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Litmus Paper
Literary usage of Litmus paper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, Samuel William Johnson (1874)
"BLUE litmus paper. Preparation,—Digest 1 part of litmus of commerce with 6 parts of
... The color of litmus paper must be perfectly uniform, and neither too ..."
2. Productive Soils: The Fundamentals of Successful Soil Management and by Wilbert Walter Weir (1920)
"This test may also be made by placing the litmus paper in between two halves of
a ball ... By means of a clean stick, the litmus paper is placed between two ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1900)
"It is possible also that tests, if made, were carried out by operating with
carbonic acid upon small sections of a piece of litmus paper, in which case, ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1872)
"In this way, within the past few years, litmus paper has become an important ...
When the physician and pharmacist buy litmus paper, they generally make the ..."
5. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"litmus paper and Test Solution.—Exhaust powdered litmus with three eparate and
successive portions (each equal to about 4 times its weight) of boiling ..."
6. Quantitative Chemical Analysis: Adapted for Use in the Laboratories of by Frank Clowes, Joseph Bernard Coleman (1900)
"litmus paper.—A moderately strong solution of purple neutral litmus solution (223)
is prepared, and strips of glazed paper are drawn through it. ..."
7. American Druggist (1884)
"litmus paper is prepared with tin- aid of the solution of litmus just described
... In this way an exceedingly sensitive light bluish-violet litmus paper is ..."
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