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Potassa mineralis

Potassa,velsal alkalinus,[1]est nomen communekalii carbonatis(K2CO3) et aliorumsalumquibusiontakalii(K+) insunt.[2]

Nomen derivatum est a nomineBatavopotasch(hodie:potas), i.e. 'ollae cinis',[3][4]quia parari solebat ligni cinere in aqua solvendo, deinde colando, postremo solutione in olla ad siccitatem coquenda.Aevo Mediopotassa 'alkali' appellabatur, a nomineArabicoالقليal-qili,a verbo قلیqalā,i.e. 'coquere'.[5][6]Ex his duobus nominibus nomina invicem elementikaliivelpotassiiderivata sunt.

  1. Smith's English-Latin Dictionary,Smith and Hall, 1871
  2. http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/potash/
  3. Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?"Studio PotterVol. 11,Number 1
  4. Online Etymology Dictionary (© 2001 Douglas Harper), lemma'potash'
  5. Raja Tazi,Arabismen im Deutschen(1998),pp.115-116
  6. Online Etymology Dictionary (© 2001 Douglas Harper), lemma'alkali'