Tartar
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Tartar is a salt or ester of the organic compound tartaric acid, a dicarboxylic acid. Muggles have a number of uses for tartrates.[1]
Tartar has magical properties: half an ounce of it was used as a component in the making of Belch Powder.[2][3]
Appearances
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- Harry Potter films (Mentioned on box)
- Harry Potter Wizard's Collection (Mentioned on box)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ "Tartrate" at Wikipedia
- ↑ Label Collection book in the Harry Potter Wizard's Collection box set.
- ↑ The label reads: "of Mummy, Mastick, Red Myrrhe, Olibanum, Ammoniacum, Oppopanax, Bdelium, each ʒii. Vitriol ℔ii. Honey, ℔ii. Tartar ℥1,ſs. Aquavitæ, gal.iii." which uses the apothecaries' system of weights.
