Flying Squid to Map [email protected] • 2 months agoName of sodium (Na) in every European countryimagemessage-square41arrow-up1318arrow-down17file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-22 months agoIn German, we also have “Pottasche” as the trivial name of potassium carbonate
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 months agoAnd pot=pot, so potassium is ‘from the ashpot’ which was how kalium salts were extracted, by adding water to wood ash, then filtering and evaporating the water off.
In German, we also have “Pottasche” as the trivial name of potassium carbonate
Note Asche = ash
And pot=pot, so potassium is ‘from the ashpot’ which was how kalium salts were extracted, by adding water to wood ash, then filtering and evaporating the water off.