Definition of Powder method

1. Noun. A process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification.

Exact synonyms: Powder Photography, Powder Technique
Generic synonyms: Photography

Lexicographical Neighbors of Powder Method

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powder-puff
powder and shot
powder blue
powder blues
powder cap
powder caps
powder compact
powder flask
powder horn
powder hoy
powder keg
powder kegs
powder magazine
powder metallurgy
powder method (current term)
powder monkey
powder monkeys
powder one's nose
powder photography
powder puff
powder puffs
powder room
powder rooms
powder store
powder technique
powdered
powdered ginger
powdered milk
powdered mustard

Literary usage of Powder method

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

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"There arc also several other objections but though, like the hide- powder method, it is quite empirical, it gives exceedingly useful results if the rules ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"Babul pods by the Ni(OH)2 paste method give 26.3% tannin, by the hide powder method 23.7%, and by the Cu acetate method 26.6^1- Soins, of tannic acid, ..."

3. Collegium (1906)
"125) points oat the differences obtained, when comparing results obtained by this and the Hide-powder method. Weiss (Der Gerber 1905, No. ..."

4. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1896)
"The Analysis of Oakwood Extract by the Hide powder method. ... The author considers the hide powder method to be the most satisfactory process of tannin ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"Now of each extract four to eight grams were weighed out and dissolved in one liter of water, and the tannin determined in them by the hide powder method as ..."

6. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1896)
"The Analysis of Oakwood Extract by the Hide powder method. ... hide powder method to be the most satisfactory process of tannin determination, ..."

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