potash

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. The water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer.
2. An impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts.
3. Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash".
4. A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)

Verb

To treat with potassium.

Conceptos

potasa

lejía

carbonato potásico

Sinónimos

potassium carbonate

potassium hydroxide

caustic potash

kali

lye

potassic

potassium

soda

soda ash

pearl ash

alkaline salt

potassa

sal tartari

kalium carbonate

alkaline

salt of tartar

basic salt

black

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɒt.æʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Calque of Dutch potas, coined in 1598, equivalent to pot + ash. The literal translation is “pot ash”, because it was made by burning wood to ashes in a large pot. First attested in 1648. Doublet of potassium and potassa.