caustic potash

American  

noun

1. potassium hydroxide.

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caustic potash British  

noun

1. another name for potassium hydroxide

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Etymology

Origin of caustic potash

First recorded in 1865–70

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caustic potash

From the vast Pacific, Great Western Electro-Chemical Co. dredges salt, manufactures liquid chlorine, caustic soda, caustic potash.

From Time Magazine Archive

This contains a caustic potash solution; thin sheets of nickelplated steel contain shallow pockets.

From Time Magazine Archive

After separating the potassium chloride from the magnesium chloride and other substances found in Stassfurt salts the methods of manufacture of caustic potash are identical to those of caustic soda.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

At the present time the prices of glycerol and caustic potash are abnormally high, but the committee has considered that the methods adopted are for normal times and normal prices.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

The caustic alkalies are strong alkalies which have a powerful corrosive action on the skin, and the common ones are potassic hydroxide or caustic potash, sodic hydroxide or caustic soda, and lithic hydroxide.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various