caustic potash
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of caustic potash
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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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
A determinate weight of distilled water is usually put into the first bottle, and the other three have each a solution of caustic potash in water.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
On boiling with concentrated caustic potash it yields the potassium salt of coumaric acid, whilst when fused with potash it is completely decomposed into salicylic and acetic acids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
The naphtha removes mostly only the phenanthrene, but the carbazol can be removed only by pyridine, or by subliming or distilling the anthracene over caustic potash.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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