lignin sulfonate

lignin sulfonate

noun Chemistry.
a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
Also called lig·no·sul·fo·nate [lig-nuh-suhl-fuh-neyt] .
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Lignin sulfonate is always a great word to know.
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pertaining to compounds that are not hydrocarbons or their derivatives
the solid product resulting from the distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon
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