What's the difference between dyestuff and litmus?

Dyestuff


Definition:

  • (n.) A material used for dyeing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The vast majority of incidents occurred during the manufacture of chemicals or dyestuffs, and two particular workplaces were responsible for 70% of the cases.
  • (2) Mycobacterial acid-fastness seems most readily explainable on the basis of a "lipids barrier principle" that in the first instance hinders penetration of the water-soluble dyestuff, and in the second, hinders penetration of the bleaching acid.
  • (3) With a given type of coordination, the nature of the central atom has a decisive influence on the catalytic activity of the dyestuff, whereas substitution on the organic skeleton has only a slight effect.
  • (4) We use the disazo dyestuff Solaminrot 4B produced by VEB Chemiekombinat Bitterfeld.
  • (5) The method described here is as satisfactory for the detection of some commercial dyes as the methods developed by ETAD (Ecological and Toxicological Association of the Dyestuffs Manufacturing Industry).
  • (6) The study consisted of a literature survey, survey of on-going research and our project on the frequency and nature of MPC in an occupational cohort of Japanese dyestuff workers followed from 1962 through 1983.
  • (7) The chemical composition and biological action of a new food dyestuff separated from the grain sorhum film were studied.
  • (8) Selective binding of toluidine blue to basophilic proteoglycans is the first stage of a staining method which proceeds to the formation of a heavy metal salt of the dyestuff.
  • (9) Starting from the colorimetric data of some particular microscopic dyestuff the subtractive color spaces of a number of typical histologic stains are calculated.
  • (10) From 1 kg of the grain sorhum 169--248 g of the film are retrieved; and from this it is possible to obtain from 17 to 40 g of a flavonoid dyestuff that consists of cyanadine, quercitrol and pelargonidine.
  • (11) The authors consider that the hypocoagulative effect of cationic dyestuffs on the blood was caused by the thrombocytopenia and by the lowering of the platelet aggregation activity.
  • (12) The morphological changes in the uterine lymphatics in aging nulliparous and multiparous mice, as shown by the application of dyestuffs (patient blue violet and Japan ink) are described, and their appearance corresponds to that described in earlier papiers by Fabian (1976, 1977, 1978).
  • (13) At the same time, it is possible to confirm the suspicion of premature hydrorrhoea gravidarum by instillation of dyestuff into the amniotic cavity.
  • (14) In addition, more or less unsuccessful trials were made on twelve dyestuffs, some of which were new syntheses designed to combine chelating capacity with nucleophilia.
  • (15) In 732 cases of occupational eczemas, "para"-substances, chromates, plastic materials and adhesives, technical oils and fats, turpentine oil, dyestuffs and disinfectants were the principal noxious substances.
  • (16) Solaminrot 4B (VEB Chemiekombinat Bitterfeld) was used as dyestuff which enhances the normal birefringency of collagen fibrous material in tissue sections.
  • (17) The physical properties of experimental visible light-activated resins containing dyestuff, which could be quickly discolored by irradiation was, evaluated by analyzing light absorbance characteristics and measuring micro Vickers hardness.
  • (18) The present article briefly reviews some of Werner's contributions to organic chemistry, especially his studies of oximes, hydroxamic and hydroximic acids, phenanthrenes, syntheses, oxonium salts, dyestuffs, and optical activity.
  • (19) After thin-layer chromatography on high-performance thin-layer chromatographic plates with two different solvent mixtures, zeranol, estradiol, estriol and estrone are analysed as azo dyestuffs.
  • (20) As a second part of the strategy, the paper addresses more general questions relating to the ultimate fate of dyestuffs when discharged in aqueous effluents and in particular considers their most likely environmental distribution, their potential for bioaccumulation, and their biodegradability.

Litmus


Definition:

  • (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Tea Party movement has turned climate denial into a litmus test of conservative credentials – and that has made climate change one of the most sharp divisions between Obama and Romney.
  • (2) Despite this, the ban has remained a moral litmus test for Democratic politicians.
  • (3) Jakarta governor election a 'litmus test' of Indonesian Islam Read more Stakes in the vote have been raised by allegations that Ahok – the city’s first non-Muslim governor for half a century and its first ethnic Chinese leader – insulted the Koran.
  • (4) Today's events were a litmus test for the strength of a new generation of anti-government activists, who have rejected the moribund landscape of formal politics and begun organising online.
  • (5) Richard Dicker, head of international justice at Human Rights Watch in New York, said Libya's actions over the two suspects would be the litmus test of its commitment to democracy and the rule of law.
  • (6) "How we respond to dementia is the litmus test of whether we can face up to the challenge of an ageing population, and do so in a way which allows compassion and dignity.
  • (7) In evaluating the in vitro proteolytic potential of M bovis isolates, 83 hemolytic and 5 nonhemolytic isolates peptonized litmus milk; 176 nonhemolytic isolates did not peptonize litmus milk.
  • (8) Whatever the merits of the decision, the coming days with coverage of Thatcher's funeral to negotiate will be a litmus test for Hall, a former head of BBC News, who arrived back at the corporation after 12 years as chief executive of the Royal Opera House on 2 April.
  • (9) They grow on buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar and nutrient broth, but rarely on MacConkey agar, at 25 and 30 degrees C. They are urease positive; but they are negative in reactions for hemolysis, indole production, H2S production (triple sugar iron agar), gelatin hydrolysis, esculin hydrolysis, and peptonization of litmus milk.
  • (10) Many outside the region will be watching closely – with Andalusians representing 20% of voters in Spain, the election is widely seen as a litmus test for municipal, regional and general elections due to be held across the country later this year.
  • (11) Growth is good on 5% bile salts-agar and in broth at 10 C, and in broth adjusted to pH 9.6 or containing 6.5% NaCl, but many strains fail to grow at 45 C. Litmus is reduced rapidly prior to formation of an acid curd.
  • (12) My litmus test was would they behave this way with a local woman and I knew the answer was no, they knew I lived alone, so I didn’t let them in.” Harris says she raised the issue with her GIZ manager but claims he dismissed her concerns, she said.
  • (13) Still, it’s an impressive coup for the league to ensure their part of the deal and the stability it brings – whatever the multi-platform future, the large-scale TV deal is still one of the key unsentimental litmus tests for how a league is translating, and while the network executives, particularly ESPN’s John Skipper, acknowledged that “it’s a future buy.
  • (14) The elongation test to distinguish the bacillary M vovis from the coccal N ovis, the nitrate reduction and the litmus milk tests were found to be the most reliable.
  • (15) Strains were identified to the species level by hydrolysis of esculin, reactions in litmus milk, slime production on 5% sucrose agar, acidification of maltose, melibiose, and raffinose broths, deamination of arginine, and growth at 42 degrees C and in 6.5% NaCl broth.
  • (16) There is no suggestion of the litmus test of localism, an end to rate capping.
  • (17) A high proportion of M. bovis from IBK lesions were simultaneously active in haemolysis, agar corrosion, gelatin liquefaction and litmus milk peptonisation.
  • (18) Perfringens was based on atmospheric requirements for growth, colonial morphology, and stormy fermentation in litmus milk.
  • (19) Tony Abbott’s “sex appeal” candidate, Fiona Scott, is poised for a landslide victory in the litmus-test western Sydney seat of Lindsay with a stunning 60% of the primary vote, according to a Guardian Lonergan poll.
  • (20) But, describing Brexit negotiations as a “litmus test for responsible financial globalisation”, Carney suggested such gains were now at risk.