naphthamein
Meanings
noun
- A product formed by the oxidation of naphthalamine (also called naphthylamine), which was observed to produce blue precipitates that later became purple but that was considered useless as a commercial dyeing agent due to its poor color quality.
Word forms
Etymology
From French naphtaméine. By surface analysis, naphth(a) + -am + -ein.
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