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bismuth subsalicylate |
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bismuth subsalicylate [′biz·məth ‚səb·sə′lis·ə‚lāt] (inorganic chemistry) Bi(C7H5O)3Bi2O3A white powder that is insoluble in ethanol and water; used in medicine and as a fungicide for tobacco crops. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Airport retailers have shown creative responses to new travel restrictions, including replacing perfumes and liquids with toothpowder travel packs and Pepto-Bismol tablets. Orbeseal is a mixture of paraffin and bismuth subnitrate, which is the active ingredient in products like Pepto-Bismol. We may note, for instance, the significance of remaking explosive climatic events out of materials more suggestive of commercial domination and control: Worldly color, channeled through the saturated inks of the Color-aid company, becomes explicitly marked as Coca-Cola red, Pepto-Bismol pink, and so on. |
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