muriate
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
Origin of muriate
1Other words from muriate
- sub·mu·ri·ate, noun
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How to use muriate in a sentence
Is spring water fit for washing the iodized paper; if it contains either sulphate or bicarbonate of lime or muriate of soda?
A good formula is one part nitrate of soda, two parts of muriate of potash, two parts of high grade phosphoric acid.
Dwarf Fruit Trees | F. A. WaughThe bread thus retains its sweetness—no waste of its saccharine matter, and no residuum except muriate of soda or common salt.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages | William Andrus AlcottI repeated the latter experiment, adding to the nitro-sulphuric solution muriate of soda.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraftmuriate of Soda or common salt, exists in most of the states and territories of this Valley.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West | J. M. Peck
British Dictionary definitions for muriate
/ (ˈmjʊərɪɪt, -ˌeɪt) /
an obsolete name for a chloride
Origin of muriate
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