Potash

What “Potash” means

Noun

1. The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts).
2. Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash".
3. A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)

Verb

1. To treat with potassium.

Where the word comes from

From pot + ash, because the substance was originally obtained by leaching ash in water and then boiling down the resulting solution in a pot. Compare Dutch potas, German Pottasche.

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• Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining