Glauber's salt

American  

[glou-berz] / ˈglaʊ bərz /

Or Glauber salt

noun

1. the decahydrate form of sodium sulfate, a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 10H 2 O, used chiefly in textile dyeing and as a cathartic.

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Glauber's salt British  

/ ˈɡlaʊbə, ˈɡlaʊbəz /

noun

1. the crystalline decahydrate of sodium sulphate

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Etymology

Origin of Glauber's salt

1730–40; named after J. R. Glauber (1604–68), German chemist

Example Sentences

When it hits the cold air, a mineral called Glauber’s salt, or mirabilite, separates out.

From Seattle Times

Thus he clearly described the preparation of hydrochloric acid by the action of oil of vitriol on common salt, the manifold virtues of sodium sulphate—sal mirabile, Glauber’s salt—formed in the process being one of the chief themes of his Miraculum mundi; and he noticed that nitric acid was formed when nitre was substituted for the common salt.

From Project Gutenberg

GLAUBER’S SALT, decahydrated sodium sulphate, Na2SO4, 10H2O.

From Project Gutenberg

Glauber’s salt readily forms supersaturated solutions, in which crystallization takes place suddenly when a crystal of the salt is thrown in; the same effect is obtained by exposure to the air or by touching the solution with a glass rod.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, if the disease be of recent date, bleed the animal largely from the jugular vein, and give it several doses of Epsom, or Glauber's salt.

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