cinzas graveladas

14:35 Sep 1, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Portuguese term or phrase: cinzas graveladas
"utilização de cinzas graveladas para fazer potassa"

as cinzas graveladas são obtidas a partir das borras do vinho queimadas...
Daisymiller
Local time: 10:08


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5 +1clavellated ashes
Adolfo Fulco
3soda/chalk ashes
Verginia Ophof


  

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soda/chalk ashes


Explanation:

carbonated potassium

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

    Reference: http://www.genchem.com/product-information.asp
    Reference: http://www.hiddenvalleyhibiscus.com/botany/potassium.htm
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 04:08
Native speaker of: English
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clavellated ashes


Explanation:
*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..."


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clavellated
Adolfo Fulco
Argentina
Local time: 07:08
Native speaker of: Spanish

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