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Definition of Potash
1. Noun. A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry.
Definition of Potash
1. n. The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash.
Definition of Potash
1. Noun. the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap, glass and as a fertilizer ¹
2. Noun. (chemistry) an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts ¹
3. Noun. (context: chemistry archaic) in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash", potassium (for example, "permanganate of potash" = potassium permanganate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Potash
1. an alkaline compound [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potash
Literary usage of Potash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1852)
"IMPROVEMENTS Ш THE MANUFACTURE OF OXALATE OF potash. When tartrate of potash is
the salt employed, the patentee takes cream of tartar, and neutralizes the ..."
2. Proceedings of the International Conference on Plant Hardiness and by Daniel Hall (1912)
"Almost the only source of potash was the crude carbonate or ... to a small extent
supplemented by the nitrate of potash or saltpetre obtained from India, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Both it and the amide decompose water readily with formation of ammonia and
caustic potash. Potassium at temperatures from 200° to 400° C. "occludes ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Soda and potash were not distinguished by old-lime chemists, but in 1807 Davy
... Various plants take up potash salts, and the refuse of beet-roots has been ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"IN common with many others, the writer has for some time entertained the belief
that none of our recognized or official methods for determining potash in ..."
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