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Definition of Potash |
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Potash
The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash. The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash). Related Definitions: Alkaline, Also, And, As, Ashes, Brittle, By, Called, Carbonate, Caustic, Crystalline, Either, Hard, Having, Hence, Hydrate, Hydroxide, Impure, Leaching, Lye, Obtained, Of, Or, Pearlash, Potash, Potassium, Properties, Solution, Strong, Substance, The, White, Wood |
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Potash Translations
potash in German is Pottasche potash in Swedish is kaliumkarbonat, pottaska |
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