potash

[US]/'pɒtæʃ/
[UK]/'pɑtæʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Kaliumcarbonat; Pottasche; Kaliumhydroxid; Kaliumverbindung.
Word Forms
Pluralpotashes

Phrases & Collocations

potash mining

Kalibergbung

potash industry

Kaliberindustrie

potash fertilizer

Kalidünger

potash feldspar

Potashfeldspat

caustic potash

Ätzkali

Example Sentences

Therefore, the albitization of plagioclase is shown in the early stage of diagenesis and albitization of potash feldspar appears only in the late stage of diagenesis.

Daher zeigt sich die Albitisierung des Plagioklase in der frühen Phase der Diagenese, und die Albitisierung des Kalifeldspats erscheint erst in der späten Phase der Diagenese.

The shallow polyhalite potash deposit in Sichuan are distributed in the north plunge top of Huayingshan anticline where is anhydrock of earlier Mesozoic Triassic period.

Die flachen Polyhalit-Kalischichten in Sichuan sind im nordöstlichen Sturztief des Huayingshan-Antiklinals verteilt, wo sich Anhydrit aus der frühen mesozoischen Triaszeit befindet.

Real-world Examples

We use the best potash soap in washing the wool.

Source: American Elementary School English 5

When the first flowers show, give the plants some potash fertilizer.

Source: VOA Special August 2013 Collection

Chlorate of potash is got in the form of white crystals.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Fertiliser shortages are even harder to cover: new potash mines take 5-10 years to build.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Perhaps you have had to suck some chlorate of potash lozenges when you had a sore throat.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Scientists largely agree that years of aquifer use by nearby potash mining has been one cause behind the problem.

Source: VOA Special November 2022 Collection

The chemical plant began to produce potash and potassium again.

Source: Pan Pan

The Dutch bank Rabobank said 40 percent of the world's supply of potash, or potassium chloride, comes from Russia and Belarus.

Source: VOA Special April 2022 Collection

Took it home and boiled it in potash, Eph used to say; and there it is, just as good as it was thirty years ago.

Source: American Elementary School English 6

The " heads" or tips of the matches consist of phosphorus and chlorate of potash, mixed with glue to make them stick to the wood.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

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