Borates of potash

SOlt POTASH-POTASH INVESTIGATION-POTASH DEFICIENCIES

It is in this connection that it becomes very difficult at times for the agricultural scientist and practical agriculturist to meet on common ground, for very often a popular version of scientific reasoning may appear ambiguous, and in this case it would appear better to sacrifice the facile version (since the layman can always get an interpreter to explain if he is sufficiently interested) tha...

Caustic Potash in the Treatment of Carbuncle

plaint. For, no sooner is it known that the doctor has pronounced some old gentleman to be suffering from a carbuncle, than the friends of the latter would assuredly hint at haviug his " affairs set in order." Statistics, however, do not show the apprehension to be well grounded, and neither have I in my small experience observed the mortality, amongst those who have suffered from it, to be so ...

Boric Acid and Borates

Boric acid and its chemical relatives are pesticides that are derived from the element boron. Boron rarely occurs alone and is typically found in combination with other elements; common combinations are boric acid or borates.1 Unlike many pesticides which are synthetic compounds,2 boric acid and related pesticides are naturally occurring compounds.1 Boron compounds are widely found in rivers, s...

Infrared Spectra of the Crystalline Inorganic Borates

. Infrar ed absorp t ion spectra of a n hydrous, crystalline, inorgani c borates were obtained lLl ~he .2000 cmI to 300 cmI ra nge. Compounds wit h B'O a nd B " isotopes were prepa red to ass Ist lI1 terpretatlOn . Spectra l bands for all or t hoborates and py roborates a nd som e meLaborates could be assigned sat isfactorily . Borates wit h complex rin gtype an ion s genera lly e~'(hlblted spe...

Experiments with Permanganate of Potash in Snake-Poisoning