caustic potash

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caustic potash: see potassium hydroxide potassium hydroxide, chemical compound with formula KOH. Pure potassium hydroxide forms white, deliquescent crystals. For commercial and laboratory use it is usually in the form of white pellets.
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A sufficient quantity of chlorate of potassium and of caustic potash was placed at his disposal, together with provisions for eight days.

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But Captain Nicholl hastened to remedy this state of things, by placing on the floor several receivers containing caustic potash, which he shook about for a time, and this substance, greedy of carbonic acid, soon completely absorbed it, thus purifying the air.

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