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Potassium carbonate   /pətˈæsiəm kˈɑrbənˌeɪt/   Listen
Potassium carbonate

noun
1.
A white salt (K2CO3) that is basic in solution; used to make glass and cleansing agents.





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"Potassium carbonate" Quotes from Famous Books



... crude coniine in ether obtained by either of the above processes is evaporated over a water bath to remove the ether, mixed with dry potassium carbonate, and then submitted to fractional distillation from an air bath. The portion distilling over at 168 deg. C. to 169 deg. C. is pure coniine, and represents 60 per cent. of the ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 • Various
... to nitro glycerine. It is probable that the presence of this oxycellulose has a marked influence upon the behavior of cotton, especially with dye matters. The earthy substances in cotton are also of importance. These are potassium carbonate, chloride, and sulphate, with similar sodium salts, and these vary in different samples of cotton, and possibly influence its properties to some extent. Then there are oily matters in the young fiber which, upon its ripening, become the waxy matter ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 • Various


Words linked to "Potassium carbonate" :   carbonate, pearl ash


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