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Saltpetre vs Potash - What's the difference?

saltpetre | potash |

As nouns the difference between saltpetre and potash

is that saltpetre is potassium nitrate while potash is the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap, glass and as a fertilizer.

saltpetre

English

Alternative forms

* saltpeter (US )

Noun

(-) (wikipedia saltpetre)
  • Potassium nitrate.
  • Sodium nitrate.

    • Synonyms

    * (potassium nitrate ): Chilean saltpeter/Chilean saltpetre, nitrate of potash, niter/nitre, potassium nitrate * (sodium nitrate ): caliche, Chile saltpeter/Chile saltpetre, soda niter/soda nitre, sodium nitrate

    Derived terms

    * Chile saltpetre * Chilean saltpetre * Norway salpetre

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    potash

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia potash)
  • the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap, glass and as a fertilizer
  • (chemistry) an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts
  • (chemistry, archaic) in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash", potassium (for example, "permanganate of potash" = potassium permanganate)

    • Derived terms

    * acetate of potash * carbonate of potash * caustic potash * chlorate of potash * chromate of potash * citrate of potash * iridiate of potash * manganate of potash * nitrate of potash * muriate of potash * osmiate of potash * oxygenated muriate of potash * permanganate of potash * plumbate of potash * potash alum * potashery * potash-felspar * potash-granite * potash greensand * potash kettle * potash-lime * potash-mica * potash-water * silicate of potash * stannate of potash * stannite of potash * sulfate of potash, sulphate of potash * sulfurated potash, sulphurated potash

    Related terms

    * potass * potassa * potassium

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]

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