potash
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- noun
- /ˈpɒtæʃ/
- Specialized
:
potasa
- Glass is mostly sand, silicon dioxide, but add some potash and you reduce the melting point.
It's how he isolated potassium from potash.
- It's how he isolated potassium from potash.
Examples
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Reduced rainfall would be beneficial to agriculture in that respect, leaving imported potash and locally produced nitrates available in the soil longer.
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Potash, another mineral product, has been the second most important commodity on the Jordanian list of exports.
Academic text (2000) -
Including the suspension agreement on potash, well over $100 million in annual trade from Canada was involved.
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Because domestic production capacity is limited, any increase in nitrogen and potash demands will have to be met largely by imports.
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U.S. nitrogen and potash supplies largely depend on imports.
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I explained that the previous summer I had worked in a law firm, researching a case that dealt with potash mining.
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Industrial development in Jordan has revolved and remained concentrated in its mineral sectors, especially phosphate and potash.
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The charges alleged that the Government of Saskatchewan had been encouraged by potash producers to establish a prorationing and price support arrangement for the Canada-U.S. potash market.
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Chemical analysis of wood taken from old instruments has revealed unusual amounts of silica and potash, which, when heated and then allowed to harden into a silicate of potassium and calcium, would form a glassy, hard surface.
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Farmers often add potash to their soil to improve crop yields.
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.0
A strong chemical used to make soap and fertilizers that can burn your skin
- Specialized
A white salt used to treat low potassium in people and help plants grow
- Archaic
A yellow salt that forms crystals and is used to make color for paints and keep powders from clumping
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word potash comes from the simple idea pot + ash, because people long ago put wood ashes in a pot and washed or boiled them to make a salty substance rich in potassium. That's why potash now means a potassium compound often used in fertilizers to help plants grow.