What is ebonized wood?

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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

1. https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1459d/report.pdf
2. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Tannic-acid#section=2D-Structure
3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495704/#:~:text=Iron%2Dtannate%20dyes%20are%20formed,(usually%20hydrolysable)%20in%20water.
4. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jamc/2019/3894571/
5. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jamc/2019/3894571/sch1/
6. https://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra02035b/unauth#!divAbstract
7. https://www.theruststore.com/Rust-Converter-FAQs-W48.aspx
8. https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/tannic-acid-rusted-iron-artifacts.html
9. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/cr60057a002
10. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/t/tannic-acid.html
11. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1168162/
12. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/finishing/ebonizing_wood/
13. Inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Miessler and Tarr

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