POTASH

Potash

Potash is any of various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. The name derives from "pot ash", which refers to plant ashes soaked in water in a pot, the primary means of manufacturing the product before the industrial era. The word "potassium" is derived from potash.

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potash

Noun

  1. the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap, glass and as a fertilizer
  2. an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts
  3. in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash", potassium (for example, "permanganate of potash" = potassium permanganate)


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