auramine

[ awr-uh-meen, -min ]
/ ˈɔr əˌmin, -mɪn /

noun Chemistry.

a yellow, crystalline solid, C17H22ClN3, soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.

Origin of auramine

1880–85; < Latin aur(um) gold + amine

Words nearby auramine

aunty, aur-, aura, aural, aural-oral, auramine, aurangabad, aurangzeb, auranofin, aurantiasis cutis, aurar

Example sentences from the Web for auramine

  • One of these dyes is a fine basic yellow known as “auramine,” which is a derivative of diphenylmethane.

    Coal |Raphael Meldola

  • It is interesting to notice that this irregularity sometimes occurs with soluble dyes, as for example in the case of auramine.

    The Manufacture of Paper |Robert Walter Sindall