potash : Idioms & Phrases

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caustic potash

  • noun a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
    potash; potassium hydroxide.
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Caustic potash, Caustic soda

  • (Chem.), the solid hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions of the same.
Webster 1913

permanganate of potash

  • noun a poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic
    potassium permanganate.
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potash alum

  • noun a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
    alum; potassium alum.
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potash muriate

  • noun salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency
    K-lyte; Kaochlor; potassium muriate; K-lor; potassium chloride; K-Dur 20; Klorvess.
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Red prussiate of potash

  • . See Potassium ferricyanide, under Ferricyanide.
Webster 1913

Yellow prussiate of potash

  • noun a cyanide compound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts; commonly used by gardeners
    potassium ferrocyanide.
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  • . See Potassium ferrocyanide, under Ferrocyanide.
Webster 1913