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POTASHES

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 197 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POTASHES , the crude

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potassium carbonate obtained by lixiviating
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wood ashes and evaporating the
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solution to dryness, an operation at one
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time carried out in
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iron pots—hence the name from " pot " and " ashes." The
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term potash or
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caustic potash is frequently used for potassium hydroxide, whilst such a phrase as sulphate of potash is now appropriately replaced by potassium sulphate .

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