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erythrite
N แร่ โคบอล ท์ อา ซิ เนต erythritol
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ERYTHRITE
E *ryth "rite, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Chem. )
Defn: A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH )4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin.
2. (Min. )
Defn: A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.
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