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ammonia liquor

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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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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

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