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Glauber's salt

American

[glou-berz] / ˈglaʊ bərz /

Or Glauber salt

noun

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.

Glauber's salt British

/ ˈɡlaʊbə, ˈɡlaʊbəz /

noun

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

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Lately in northwestern North Dakota a party of Federal relief workers discovered deposits containing 20,000,000 tons of Glauber's salt, worth about $350,000,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Glauber's salt is a natural sodium sulphate used in paper pulp and glass manufacturing.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this purpose 1 pound of Glauber's salt may be used.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Neutral salts, as Glauber's salt, vitriolated tartar, sea-water, magnesia alba, soap.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Glauber's salt at the boil for one hour.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

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