Definition of Denaturant

1. Noun. Any substance that serves as a denaturing agent.

Generic synonyms: Substance
Derivative terms: Denature, Denature

Definition of Denaturant

1. Noun. a substance used for denaturation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Denaturant

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Denaturant

denationalizes
denationalizing
denatonium
denatonium benzoate
denaturability
denaturable
denaturalisation
denaturalisations
denaturalise
denaturalization
denaturalizations
denaturalize
denaturalized
denaturalizes
denaturalizing
denaturant (current term)
denaturants
denaturated
denaturation
denaturation temperature of DNA
denaturations
denature
denatured
denatured alcohol
denatured protein
denatures
denaturing
denaturised
denaturize
denaturized

Literary usage of Denaturant

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

1. Second Report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1913 by George Moses Price, James P. Whiskeman, Elizabeth C. Watson, Zenas L. Potter, Charles Baskerville, Charles F. McKenna, Charles T. Graham Rogers, John H. Vogt, George A. Hall, Pauline Dorothea Goldmark (1913)
"its abuses are conveniently considered in this connection. Denatured Alcohol. A. Methyl Alcohol is a denaturant for Ethyl Alcohol. ..."

2. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"although the expense of denaturant remains, this amounting sometimes to 2s. 6rf. or more for about 3 per cent, of the general denaturant (wood spirit, ..."

3. Text book of chemistry for nurses and students of home economics by Annie Louise Macleod (1920)
"The first denaturant used was 10 per cent, methyl alcohol, the mixture being sold as methylated spirit; later an alternative denaturant, 2 per cent, ..."

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