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Meanings of fixing agent in anglès

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agent fixador

A chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)

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        Usage of fixing agent in anglès
        1
        Phosphate of soda also makes a good fixing agent.
        The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer ...
        2
        It dissolves the chlorides, iodides, and bromides of silver, is, therefore, a fixing agent, but has not come in general use as such.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885
        3
        They tended to fade out of cloth after about three washes, Hoffmann noted, until the dye craftsman adopted the use of urineas a fixing agent.
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        4
        For permanent preparations, strong alcohol (for very delicate tissues, absolute alcohol, when procurable, is best) is the most convenient fixing agent, and generally very satisfactory.
        Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany / For High Schools ...
        5
        (2) Fixation with tartar emetic or other fixing agent.
        The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer ...
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