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potash

noun as in fertilizer

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Supplies of agricultural fertilizer may decrease around the world, as Russia and its ally Belarus control more than a third of the world’s potash production, a key ingredient in fertilizer.

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Potash said in an online post Sunday that “the FDA’s letter does NOT take issue with single-person scanners, like the top selling CERTIFY’s SnapXT,” though the FDA warning letter specifically names that device.

This I attribute to the potash being in a little more caustic condition than when recrystallised with iodine.

It dissolves in dilute potash, and on the addition of acetic acid is deposited in a pure state.

Eventually, however, both varieties become converted into clay, their magnesia and potash passing gradually into soluble forms.

All of them are particularly rich in potash, and contain but a small proportion of phosphoric acid.

In 1829 an English chemist discovered that matches on which had been placed chlorate of potash could be ignited by friction.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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