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Pyrogallol

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A phenol metameric with phloroglucin obtained by the distillation of gallic acid as a poisonous white crystalline substance having acid properties and hence called also pyrogallic acid It is a strong reducer and is used as a developer in photography and in the production of certain dyes

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