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potassium carbonate
noun
- a white, granular, water-soluble powder, K 2 CO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, glass, and potassium salts.
potassium carbonate
noun
- a white odourless substance used in making glass and soft soap and as an alkaline cleansing agent. Formula: K 2 CO 3
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Word History and Origins
Origin of potassium carbonate1
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Example Sentences
Twenty parts of the ash were soluble and largely potassium carbonate, the insoluble being iron for the most part.
The less pure samples will show an excess of alkalinity because of the presence of sodium carbonate or of potassium carbonate.
When heated with ammonia it yields guanidine, and on boiling with alcoholic potash it yields potassium carbonate.
Potassium iodid, alkaline agents such as ammonium carbonate and potassium carbonate, have been administered.
D is a Geissler bulb, containing a concentrated solution of potassium carbonate, to arrest any acid vapors coming from C.
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