What is ebonized wood?

Chemistry For Your Life · Apr 1, 2021 · 30m

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This question comes from a word-working listener of ours. Ebonized wood is a process that turns wood black... without burning it! But how? What's the chemistry behind it? Is it cool? Yes, yes it is cool.

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References from this episode

https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1459d/report.pdf

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Tannic-acid#section=2D-Structure

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495704/#:~:text=Iron%2Dtannate%20dyes%20are%20formed,(usually%20hydrolysable)%20in%20water…