Potassa

Chlor-jod, n. iodine chloride, specif, iodine monochloride, -kali, n. chloride of potash (potassium hypochlorite) potassium chloride. -kalilOsung, /. Pharm.) solution of chlorinated potassa, Javelle water, -kalium, n. potassium chloride. 

Synonyms caustic potash potassa potassium hydrate Uses... 

Ferrocyanide of potassium contains cyanide of potassium, K C, N, and cyanide of iron, Fe C, N they are converted by the sulphuric acid into sulphates of iron and potassa, sulphate of ammonia, and carbonic oxide thus, in regard to the cyanide of potassium,... 

Hydrate of Phenyl, or Carbolic acicf.—Laubekt obtained from that portion of the nil of tar which boils between 300° and 400°, carbolic add, a compound which it has boon found convenient to represent as the hydrated oxide of a radical which has been termed phenyl. IV is obtained by agitating the cil with about twice its volume of aqua potassa, pouring off the watery portion, and saturating it by hydrochloric acid. The carbolic add separates in the form of a heavy oil, which may be purified by continuous distillation over a small quantity of caustic potassa. 

Subjoined are tho results of a scries of analyses performed upon tho same specimen of atmospheric air, previously freed from carbonic acid by caustic potassa, which show the delicacy of the indications of this in-... 

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