carbonate de potasse

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  Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française, 1992

  Définition

  Potassium oxide (K₂O). Loosely, a carbonate of potassium.

  Termes :

  1. potash
  2. pearl ash rare

  [potash] This word originally applied to potassium carbonate recovered from wood ashes. It is now used in trade in connections with any material containing the element potassium, irrespective of its composition, the potash value being expressed as the equivalent amount of the oxide K₂O.

  Terme associé :

  1. potassium carbonate