| 单词 |
Condy's fluid |
| 释义 |
Condy's fluid
[Name of Henry Bollmann Condy, 19th-c. English manufacturer of chemicals.]
A strong solution of sodium manganate or permanganate, used as a disinfectant. Also (colloq.) Condy.
1857J. Griffiths in H. B. Condy Disinfection (1862) 37, I have fairly tested the efficacy of ‘Condy's Disinfecting Fluid’ upon a quantity of putrid meat which was rendered perfectly sweet thereby. 1859Lancet 1 Jan. 8/2 Condy's fluid was commenced on the fourth day, with immediate relief to the pain. 1866Chem. News 17 Aug. 84 Put half an ounce of Condy's red fluid into every water receptacle that is made of wood. Ibid., In the use of Condy's fluid for purifying water-butts, enough should be used. Ibid., The addition of one or more drops of ‘Condy’..will speedily remove that smell and taste. Ibid., The microscopic animalcules.., if not destroyed by the Condy, would die of starvation. 1878C. M. Tidy Handbk. Mod. Chem. 270 ‘Condy's green disinfecting fluid’..turns red (a permanganate being formed) on the addition of an acid. 1894C. H. W. Donovan With Wilson in Matabeleland iv. 67 We..syringed his deep wounds with Condy's Fluid. 1912J. W. Mellor Mod. Inorg. Chem. xxv. 483 A crude mixture of sodium manganate and permanganate is made by fusing sodium hydroxide with pyrolusite, and sold as a disinfectant under the name ‘Condy's fluid’. 1951A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics xxv. 515 Condy's Fluid..cannot be employed to disinfect rooms. |
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