ammonia liquor

American  

Or ammoniacal liquor

noun

Chemistry.

1. a concentrated solution of ammonia, ammonium compounds, and sulfur compounds, obtained as a by-product in the destructive distillation of bituminous coal.

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Example Sentences

Ordinary ammonia liquor of commerce of 0.880 specific gravity, which contains about 38 per cent. by weight of pure ammonia and 62 per cent. of water, is introduced into a vessel named the generator.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various