ammonia liquor

or ammoniacal liquor

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a concentrated solution of ammonia, ammonium compounds, and sulfur compounds, obtained as a by-product in the destructive distillation of bituminous coal.

Example Sentences

In this vessel, which is in communication with another vessel called the absorber, containing cold water or very weak ammonia liquor, evaporation takes place, owing to the readiness with which cold water or weak liquor absorbs the ammonia, water at 59° Fahr. absorbing 727 times its volume of ammonia vapor.

From Project Gutenberg

Ordinary ammonia liquor of commerce of 0.880 specific gravity, which contains about 38 per cent. by weight of pure ammonia and 62 per cent. of water, is introduced into a vessel named the generator.

From Project Gutenberg