potassic

American  

[puh-tas-ik] / pəˈtæs ɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or containing potassium.

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Etymology

Origin of potassic

First recorded in 1855–60; potass(ium) + -ic

Example Sentences

After its weight has been taken its purity is checked by fusing with hydric potassic sulphate, extracting with water, and treating the residue with ammonic carbonate.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

The quantity of potassic hydrate required to saponify one gramme or 15 grains of pure beeswax varies from 97 to 107 milligrammes.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 by Various

The same point of view was adopted with regard to other goods which were necessities for the United States, as, for example, potassic salt, sugar beetroot seed and other commodities.

From My Three Years in America by Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von

The reduction may be performed by fusing with potassic cyanide, by heating to moderate redness in a current of hydrogen or coal gas, or by heating to a higher temperature with carbon.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

It is separated from alumina by taking advantage of its insolubility in potassic hydrate.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius