potassa

American  

[puh-tas-uh] / pəˈtæs ə /

noun

Chemistry.

1. potash

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Etymology

Origin of potassa

From New Latin, dating back to 1805–15; potass

Example Sentences

The vessel must be afterwards well rinsed out in clean water, as 'the potassa temporarily stains everything in contact a rich purplish red.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu

Put five cents' worth of citrate of potassa in an ounce vial of clear cold water.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

The salts of potassa, magnesia, and iron, of manganese, silica, and fluorine, are always present, and perform services of greater or less obvious moment in the animal economy.

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.

On prolonged boiling, supersaturation with strong potassa in excess, heating and adding a few drops of chloroform, no isonitrile should be formed.—W.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various

Take of nitrate of baryta, twenty-seven parts, by weight; of sulphur, thirteen; of chloride of potassa, five; of realgar, two; and of charcoal three parts.

From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by Head, James H.