Sep 1, 2015 14:35
8 yrs ago
Portuguese term

cinzas graveladas

Portuguese to English Science Botany
"utilização de cinzas graveladas para fazer potassa"

as cinzas graveladas são obtidas a partir das borras do vinho queimadas...

Proposed translations

21 mins

soda/chalk ashes


carbonated potassium
Example sentence:

Soda ash is a white, anhydrous, powdered or granular material containing more than 99% sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) when shipped.

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clavellated ashes

*Definition of CLAVELLATED:
old chemistry
: made of the dried and burned lees or dregs of wine or vegetable matter <clavellated ashes>*

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Note added at 16 hrs (2015-09-02 06:59:13 GMT)
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https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/278/
About Potassium hydroxide (potash): "It is prepared in this manner: take a large quantity of putrid oaken ashes, or better clavellated (apparently these are burnt lees or dregs of wine) ashes..."
Peer comment(s):

agree Richard Purdom
4 hrs
Thanks, Richard!
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