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Caustic potash   /kˈɑstɪk pˈɑtˌæʃ/   Listen
Caustic potash

noun
1.
A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry.  Synonyms: potash, potassium hydroxide.





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"Caustic potash" Quotes from Famous Books



... case of the hop the most effective remedy is a solution of quassia and soft soap. The caustic potash in the soap neutralizes the oily integument of the lice and dries them up, but the quassia supplies a bitter principle not unlike that of the hop, though without its grateful aroma, which acts as a protection in the absence of the bitter ...
— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory


Words linked to "Caustic potash" :   hydrated oxide, potash, potassium hydroxide, hydroxide, lye


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