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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.


Glauber's salt British  
/ ˈɡlaʊbə, ˈɡlaʊbəz /

noun

  1. the crystalline decahydrate of sodium sulphate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Glauber's salt

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

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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

Glauber's salt, then diazotise and develop by passing for twenty minutes in a boiling bath of soda.

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

Glauber's salt in handful doses once or twice a day for a week is also effective.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

As a digestive tonic the following is good: Glauber's salt, 2 pounds; common salt, 1 pound; baking soda, one-half pound.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

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