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  • Tartaric acid, which is sometimes present in large quantities as an adulterant in commercial citric acid, may be detected in the presence of the latter, by the production of a precipitate of acid potassium tartrate when potassium acetate is added to a cold solution.
  • On this adulterant Sir Thomas Wardle remarks " With a solution of sugar, silk can have its weight augmented from I oz.
  • Now, intentional adulteration is practically non-existent, chiefly because of the fact that in the places of production the price obtainable is so low that any possible adulterant would be too costly to collect.
  • The last enters into the composition of some of the solid lubricating greases, and is also used as an adulterant of other oils.
  • The leaves of a closely allied plant, Empleurum serratulum, are employed as a substitute or adulterant for buchu.
 
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