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Glauber's salt
[glou-berz] 
–noun
| the decahydrate form of sodium sulfate, a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na2SO4⋅10H2O, used chiefly in textile dyeing and as a cathartic. |
Also, Glauber salt.
Origin:
1730–40; named after J. R. Glauber (1604–68), German chemist
1730–40; named after J. R. Glauber (1604–68), German chemist
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| Glau·ber's salt (glou'bərz) n. A colorless hydrated sodium sulfate, Na2SO4·10H2O, used in paper and glass manufacturing and as a cathartic and diuretic. [After Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604-1668), German chemist.] |
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Glauber\'s salt
Glau"ber's salt`\or Glauber's salts \Glau"ber's
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Main Entry: Glau·ber's salt
Pronunciation: "glau-b&r(z)-
Variant: also Glau·ber salt /-b&r-/
Function: noun
: a colorless crystalline sodium sulfate Na2SO4·10H2O used especially in dyeing, as a cathartic, and in solar energy systems —sometimes used in pl.
Glauber, Johann Rudolf (1604–1670), German physician and chemist. Glauber was both an alchemist and a serious chemist. As an alchemist he was a follower of Paracelsus anddealt extensively in secret chemicals and medicinals. As a chemist he made several important contributions. In 1648 he first prepared hydrochloric acid from common salt and sulfuric acid. Substitutingpotassium nitrate for common salt, he observed the formation of nitric acid. Of the various salts he prepared, the most important is the one now known as Glauber's salt, which he first made in 1656.His observations on dyeing are also noteworthy.
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Glauber's salt Glau·ber's salt (glou'bərz)
n.
A colorless hydrated sodium sulfate used as a cathartic and diuretic.
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