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Glauber's salt

(Encyclopedia)Glauber's salt, common name for sodium sulfate decahydrate, Na2SO4·10H2O; it occurs as white or colorless monoclinic crystals. Upon exposure to fairly dry air it effloresces, forming powdery anhydrou...

dialysis

(Encyclopedia)dialysis dīălˈĭsĭs [key], in chemistry, transfer of solute (dissolved solids) across a semipermeable membrane. Strictly speaking, dialysis refers only to the transfer of the solute; transfer of t...

potassium nitrate

(Encyclopedia)potassium nitrate, chemical compound, KNO3, occurring as colorless, prismatic crystals or as a white powder; it is found pure in nature as the mineral saltpeter, or niter. (The name saltpeter is also ...

Faraday's law

(Encyclopedia)Faraday's law, physical law stating that the number of moles of substance produced at an electrode during electrolysis is directly proportional to the number of moles of electrons transferred at that ...

hypo

(Encyclopedia)hypo: see sodium thiosulfate.

soda

(Encyclopedia)soda: see sodium carbonate.

thenardite

(Encyclopedia)thenardite: see sodium sulfate.

Chile saltpeter

(Encyclopedia)Chile saltpeter: see sodium nitrate. ...

rock salt

(Encyclopedia)rock salt: see sodium chloride.

soda ash

(Encyclopedia)soda ash: see sodium carbonate.