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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

There is but one case in which water is not readily absorbed by the stomach; when it contains salts that make it heavier than blood, for example, Glauber's salt and bitter-salt.

From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David

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

Glauber's salt; then fix in a fresh boiling bath with 2 lb. sulphate of copper, 2 lb. bichromate of potash and 2 lb. acetic acid, working for fifteen to twenty minutes, then rinsing and drying.

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