ammonium carbonate
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A dozen cleaning agents were proposed before the restorers settled on a solution of distilled water and 25% ammonium carbonate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Formerly the washing was effected in stale urine, which owed its detergent properties mainly to the presence of ammonium carbonate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
This is the cause of boiler scale, and to check this a small amount of sal ammoniac may be added to the water, which converts the carbonate into soluble calcium chloride and volatile ammonium carbonate.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.
It is then dissolved in a small quantity of alcohol and water, refiltered, and the filtrate decomposed with ammonium carbonate.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
The gypsum neutralises the alkalinity of nitrifying solutions by converting the alkaline ammonium carbonate into neutral ammonium sulphate, the calcium carbonate being precipitated.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
