sal ammoniac

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. ammonium chloride.

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sal ammoniac British  

noun

1. another name for ammonium chloride

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sal ammoniac Scientific  

/ sălə-mō′nē-ăk′ /

1. See ammonium chloride

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Etymology

Origin of sal ammoniac

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Example Sentences

Then, "having a notion" that ammonia and hydrochloric acid gas, mixed, might produce a "neutral air," he obtained some of the first pure crystals of sal ammoniac oy one more chance experiment.

From Time Magazine Archive

While it was providing visual information, the computer was also spewing out torrents of printed data describing the energy that binds together a molecule of sal ammoniac.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tiring of field and flock, in 1768 he moved to Edinburgh, where he founded a successful business producing sal ammoniac from coal soot, and busied himself with various scientific pursuits.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Ah, yes, certainly she would go at once—her case was not locked—and she would take with her some sal ammoniac.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Although the sublimations are generally mixtures, yet sometimes distinct and crystallized chemical or mineral species are found, such as sulphur, sal ammoniac, tenorite, cotunuite, etc.

From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi