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lye

(Encyclopedia)lye, name commonly used for a strongly alkaline solution. It originally meant a solution of potassium carbonate (potash) prepared by leaching wood ashes with water, but now the name also means a solut...

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. ...

baking soda

(Encyclopedia)baking soda: see sodium bicarbonate. ...

caustic soda

(Encyclopedia)caustic soda: see sodium hydroxide. ...