potash
/pot-ash/US // ˈpɒtˌæʃ //UK // (ˈpɒtˌæʃ) //
钾盐,钾肥,钾碱,钾矿
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- : potassium hydroxide.
- : the oxide of potassium, K2O.
- : potassium, as carbonate of potash.
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This I attribute to the potash being in a little more caustic condition than when recrystallised with iodine.
It dissolves in dilute potash, and on the addition of acetic acid is deposited in a pure state.
Eventually, however, both varieties become converted into clay, their magnesia and potash passing gradually into soluble forms.
All of them are particularly rich in potash, and contain but a small proportion of phosphoric acid.
In 1829 an English chemist discovered that matches on which had been placed chlorate of potash could be ignited by friction.
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