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Mordant
- For the type of musical ornament mordent (note the different spelling), see Ornament
A mordant is a substance used to set dyes. A mordant is either inherently collodial or produces colloids and can be either acidic or basic.
Mordants include tannic acid, alum, chrome alum , and certain salts of aluminum, chromium, copper, iron, iodine, potassium, and tin.
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