Eosin vs Rosin - What's the difference?
eosin | rosin |
(organic compound) A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains.
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(organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
Resin
To apply rosin to something.
As nouns the difference between eosin and rosin
is that eosin is a red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains while rosin is a solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.As a verb rosin is
to apply rosin to something.eosin
English
(wikipedia eosin)Noun
page 91,
- Thus the fluorescence of the familiar dye eosin can be excited quite well by ultra-violet or short-wave blue light, but is much better excited by visible green light with a wavelength close to that of the emitted radiation.
page 450,
- Eosins' are acid xanthene or phthalein dyes. '''Eosin''' Y, '''eosin''' B, phloxine and erythrosin (which unlike other ' eosins , is halogenated with iodine), are the common members of this group of dyes.
page 173,
- The hematoxylin and eosin stain (H&E) is the most widely used histological stain.
Derived terms
* eosin B * eosin Y *Anagrams
* *rosin
English
Noun
(wikipedia rosin)Synonyms
* colophony * Greek pitchDerived terms
* rosin paperVerb
(en verb)- We waited expectantly as the guest violinist rosined his bow in preparation to playing.