Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
cationic (substances)
Substances, such as dyes, tannins, oils, etc., which ionize when dissolved in water, so that the characteristic ion—dye, tannin, oil, etc.—is the cation and has a positive charge. Cf:
ANIONIC (SUBSTANCES)
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