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potash::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | caustic potash, potassium hydroxide |
| Type of | hydrated oxide, hydroxide, lye |
Examples of potash
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Potash is mainly used to boost yields of rice, sugar cane, fruit and vegetables.
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These all need full sun and a friable deep soil dressed with calcium and potash.
From the nzherald.co.nz
One of the organic seaweed or comfrey feeds, that is high in potash, is perfect.
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Potash, a key fertilizer ingredient, is critical to international food security.
From the omaha.com
Potash production totaled 1.9 million tons in 2004 and 1.8 million tons in 2005.
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To get a good dose of potash, look for a high third number on the fertilizer bag.
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Potash Corp. stockholders have until Nov. 18 to accept its $130 per share buyout.
From the bloomberg.com
Potash received a $30 billion offer Aug. 17, boosting demand for growth assets.
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Corn also needs potash, which encourages growth and increases disease resistance.
From the odt.co.nz
- A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
- Potash is the common name for potassium carbonate and various mined and manufactured salts that contain the element potassium in water-soluble form. In some rare cases, potash can be formed with traces of organic materials such as plant remains.
- (Potashes (gang)) The Potashes were a 19th century American street gang active in Greenwich Village and the New York waterfront during the early-to mid 1890s. ...
- Potassium hydroxide, used occasionally as a caustic. Poisoning causes violent pain in the throat, vomiting, and possibly fatal collapse or constriction of the esophagus.
- Any of several substances made from wood ashes and used in soap, fertilizers, etc
- A crude impure form of potassium carbonate, obtained from wood ashes. Useful in making soap, in the manufacture of glass, and as a fertilizer. The ash is obtained from the burning of any wood not needed for fuel or construction. Derivation: from the English words 'pot' and 'ash'.
- A loosely composed mixture of various potassium compounds, chiefly crude potassium carbonate, obtained by washing wood ashes with water and evaporating the resulting solution to dryness. This operation was at one time carried out in iron pots, hence the name `pot ash'. ...
- A wood preservative, considered non-toxic.
- A form of potassium contained in the soil and fertilizers and utilized by plants.
