potassium carbonate

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a white, granular, water-soluble powder, K 2 CO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, glass, and potassium salts.

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potassium carbonate British  

noun

1. a white odourless substance used in making glass and soft soap and as an alkaline cleansing agent. Formula: K 2 CO 3

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Etymology

Origin of potassium carbonate

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Produced by a Samsung subsidiary called Cheil Worldwide, the vase works using an outer chamber filled with potassium carbonate, that quickly cools and suppresses oxygen when the vase is smashed.

From The Verge • Mar. 28, 2019

When animal fats are treated with a base like potassium carbonate or sodium hydroxide, glycerol and salts of fatty acids such as palmitic, oleic, and stearic acid are formed.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Acetic acid reacts with potassium carbonate according to the following equation:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

In brief, 18.90 g of 1,5-diaminopentane and 82.35 g of anhydrous potassium carbonate were added to 450 ml of 2-butanone in a three-neck round-bottom flask.

From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017

Sodium or potassium carbonate can be weighed more easily as they do not rapidly absorb moisture from the air.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.