Explanatory notes
… in the manufacture of Leclanché cells, for hardening varnishes or glues, in electroplating, in photography … to give a patina to iron, in medicine (haemostatic or vasoconstrictive preparations), and, principally, as an … Used as a reducing agent or mordant in textile dyeing, in vat dyes (dyers’ tin salt), as tin size for silk or in …
