potassium carbonate

Other forms: potassium carbonates

Definitions of potassium carbonate
  1. noun
    a white salt (K2CO3) that is basic in solution; used to make glass and cleansing agents
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    types:
    pearl ash
    an impure form of potassium carbonate
    type of:
    carbonate
    a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
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