potassium sulfate

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a crystalline, water-soluble solid, K 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, alums, and mineral water, and as a reagent in analytical chemistry.

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Etymology

Origin of potassium sulfate

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Potash, or potassium sulfate, is currently mined in regions including Carlsbad, New Mexico and at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, where the Bureau of Land Management also oversees a private company’s potash mining operations.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

When potassium-acid sulfate is neutralized by sodium base, the acid-salt divides into Glauber’s salt and potassium sulfate, which proves the acid-salt to be a mixture of the neutral salt with its acid.

From History of Phosphorus by Farber, Eduard

Bilious people have too little sodium sulfate, the melancholics are lacking in potassium sulfate and phosphate; too little calcium phosphate in the phlegmatics.

From History of Phosphorus by Farber, Eduard