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ammonia liquor
or ammoniacal liquor
noun
, Chemistry.
- 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.
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