potassium sulphate

British

noun

a soluble substance usually obtained as colourless crystals of the decahydrate: used in making glass and as a fertilizer. Formula: K 2 SO 4

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One of the major projects here is the production of potassium sulphate, commonly used in fertiliser.

From The Guardian

Examples of substances crystallizing in this class are extremely numerous; amongst minerals are sulphur, stibnite, cerussite, chrysoberyl, topaz, olivine, nitre, barytes, columbite and many others; and amongst artificial products iodine, potassium permanganate, potassium sulphate, benzene, barium formate, &c.

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Lithium potassium sulphate, strontium-antimonyl dextro-tartrate, and lead-antimonyl dextro-tartrate are examples of this type of symmetry.

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The sal polychrestum Glaseri is normal potassium sulphate which he prepared and used medicinally.

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The desired products are nitrogen and carbon dioxide as gases, and potassium sulphate and carbonate as solids.

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