Thus, for instance, carbonic anhydride is absorbed by a solution of caustic potash in water, and if sufficient caustic potash be present it is not separated from the solution by a decrease of pressure.
Caustic potash in the next [U] tube retains any acid which might come over.
Mild potash is a carbonate of potash; caustic potash, is potash freed from carbonic acid.
He knew the method of dissolving sulphur in caustic potash, and again precipitating it by the addition of an acid.
Of this chloride he put a quantity into a retort, and poured over it a strong lixivium of caustic potash, The whole was digested at the temperature of 96° for six months and six days.
Of this mixture draw off 24 parts of distillate, mix the latter with litmus tincture and neutralize the free acid by adding, drop by drop, solution of caustic potash or soda until the litmus tincture becomes blue.
From other volatile oils of the orange family, bergamot oil differs in dissolving readily in caustic potash, forming a clear solution.
It must first be ascertained that the oil is free from acids and water; if such is not the case, they must be removed by means of caustic potash.
While on this subject of caustic potash, it cannot be too often repeated that caustic potash is a totally different article to caustic soda, though just like it in appearance, and therefore often sold as such.
St. Helens, seems to have appreciated this, and put upon the market pure caustic potash in twenty pound canisters, which are very convenient for potash soft soap making by consumers for their own use.
When the scutum is thoroughly cleaned and all the membrane removed by caustic potash, the tergal margin is marked by a slight articular ridge and furrow.
The four compartments separate very easily when the shell has been ill preserved in spirits, or after a very short immersion in caustic potash.
The shell is not nearly so strong as in the last three species; and the compartments separate by gentle force, and from the action of caustic potash.
It is then decolorised by the addition of one or two drops of caustic potash solution, and upon cooling crystals of iodoform are obtained.
Oil and grease may be generally removed by spreading a paste made of soft soap, caustic potash lye, and fullers earth over the part, and allowing it to remain there for a few days; after which it must be washed off with clean water.
The hydrogen was obtained by the decomposition of formiate of potash by caustic potash, the gas thus yielded being absolutely pure.
Thorough cauterization by means of caustic potash or the galvano-cautery; or, its extirpation by means of the curette or excision.
Caustic potash solutions, used cautiously, may also be occasionally employed to advantage in these cases.
Mix these perfectly with the above-mentioned stearic or margaric acids, and carbonated alkali; then add a strong solution of caustic potash or soda, until a perfect saponification is produced.
The spiroylic acid may be separated from the natural oil by treating it with a concentrated solution ofcaustic potash at a temperature of 113° Fahr.
When heated with an excess of caustic potash it should evolve no smell of ammonia, otherwise, it has been adulterated with sal ammoniac.
It consisted of hard, gritty, transparent, colourless crystalline particles; it was soluble in boiling water, and readily dissolved in a solution of caustic potash.
Among the more common bases are caustic soda, caustic potash, and lime.
Perhaps some of our older students may remember the soap kettle on the farm at home, in which lard cracklings and other fatty fragments of the animal were boiled with lye or caustic potash to form home-made soap.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "caustic potash" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
