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单词 pearl-ash
释义 pearl-ash|ˈpɜːlˌæʃ|
The potassium carbonate of commerce, so called from its pearly hue. Orig. only in pl. pearl ashes.
α1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Ashes,..divers sorts of ashes imported from abroad: as pot-ashes, pearl-ashes.1776J. Clegg in T. Percival Ess. III. App. 335 Into one vessel I put a small quantity of pearl ashes.1811A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. (1818) 321 It assumes a spongy texture, with a blueish or greenish colour, and is then denominated pearl-ashes.
β1765Croker, etc. Dict. Arts & Sc. s.v. Pot-ash, The purity of pearl-ash..points out the method in which it has been prepared.1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 269 Take one part of the roasted Ore, 3 of Pearl Ash.1866Roscoe Elem. Chem. 160 This is the crude potassium carbonate, called, when purified by re-crystallization, pearl-ash.
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