What is ebonized wood?

<p><strong>#089</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1459d/report.pdf">https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1459d/report.pdf</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Tannic-acid#section=2D-Structure">https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Tannic-acid#section=2D-Structure</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495704/#:~:text=Iron%2Dtannate%20dyes%20are%20formed,(usually%20hydrolysable)%20in%20water.">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495704/#:~:text=Iron%2Dtannate%20dyes%20are%20formed,(usually%20hydrolysable)%20in%20water.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jamc/2019/3894571/">https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jamc/2019/3894571/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jamc/2019/3894571/sch1/">https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jamc/2019/3894571/sch1/</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra02035b/unauth#!divAbstract">https://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra02035b/unauth#!divAbstract</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theruststore.com/Rust-Converter-FAQs-W48.aspx">https://www.theruststore.com/Rust-Converter-FAQs-W48.aspx</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/tannic-acid-rusted-iron-artifacts.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservatio