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Definition of Pearlash
1. n. A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.
Definition of Pearlash
1. Noun. (organic compound) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc. ¹
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Definition of Pearlash
1. an alkaline compound [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearlash
Literary usage of Pearlash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Book in Chemistry: For the Use of Schools and Families by Worthington Hooker (1887)
"pearlash AND OTHER CARBONATES. THERE are a great many carbonates besides carbonate of
... Carbonate of potash, commonly called pearlash, is a very different ..."
2. A systematic handbook of volumetric analysis or, The quantitative estimation by Francis Sutton (1871)
"Potash and pearlash Are examined in the e>ame way as soda. 4. Salt Cake Is the
impure sodic sulphate left in the retorts in preparing hydrochloric acid from ..."
3. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1903)
"A. POTASH (pearlash). §224. Potash, which was formerly almost exclusively obtained
from wood ashes or the ashes of other portions of plants, ..."
4. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"Animal Charcoal, when intended for medicinal purposes, is best obtained by
calcining leather scrape or blood with pearlash, washing and reheating the same ..."
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