Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
chloropicrin
A colorless liquid (CCl
3
NO
2
), having a very toxic vapor. It is prepared by treating sodium picrate with chlorine, or calcium picrate with bleaching power, and is used at times in fumigating books.
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