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Potash (or carbonate of potash) is an impure form of potassium carbonate (potassium2carbonate) mixed with other potassium salts.

Potash has been used since Ancient history in the manufacture of glass and soap and as a fertilizer. The name comes from the English language words Cooking pan and ash, referring to its discovery (observation) in the water (molecule)-soluble fractionation of wood ash.

The term has become somewhat ambiguous due to the substitution in fertilizers of cheaper potassium salts, such as potassium chloride (potassiumchlorine) or potassium oxide (potassium2oxygen), to which the same common name is now sometimes also applied. In addition, potassium hydroxide (potassiumhydroxide) is commonly called caustic potash, an additional source of confusion.

The element potassium derives its English name from potash. A number of chemical compounds containing potassium use the word potash in their traditional names: :{| |potash fertilizer ], ||K2O|-|caustic potash or potash lye ],||KOH|-|carbonate of potash, salts of tartar, or pearlash   ],||K2CO3|-|chlorate of potash ], ||KClO3|-|muriate of potash ], ||KCl|-|nitrate of potash or potassium nitrate||potassium nitrate, ] ||potassium sulfate, ||K2SO4|}

Potash production and trade History Up until the 20th century, potash was one of the most important industrial chemicals in Europe. It was refined from the ashes of broadleaved trees and produced primarily in the forested areas of Europe, Russia, and North America. The first United States patent law was issued in 1790 to Samuel Hopkins (inventor) for an improvement "in the making Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process."

Potash production provided late-18th century and early-19th century settlers in North America a way to obtain badly needed cash and credit as they cleared their wooded land for crops. To make full use of their land, excess wood, including stumps, needed to be disposed. The easiest way to accomplish this was to burn any wood not needed for fuel or construction. Ashes from hardwood trees could then be used to make Potassium hydroxide, which could either be used to make soap or boiled down to produce valuable potash. Hardwood could generate ashes at the rate of 60 to 100 bushels per acre (500 to 900 m³/km²). In 1790, ashes could be sold for $3.25 to $6.25 per acre ($800 to $1500/km²) in rural New York – nearly the same rate as hiring a laborer to clear the same area.

To create potash, take an open-bottomed barrel, and place it on a stone base with a groove cut into it, which will direct the resulting liquid into another container. Then place a layer of straw at the bottom, covered by a layer of sticks. This filter layer will prevent the ashes from contaminating the solution. Then fill the barrel with wood-ashes and pour water over it. The water will leach out the potash into the receptacle. This product will be of variable quality. Historically, it was measured by seeing how high an egg would float in the solution. The liquid may be boiled away to give a black, impure potash.

If desired, the potash could be further refined by baking in a kiln to produce a less impure form of potassium carbonate, known as pearlash for its pearly white color. This step was commonly performed at a nearby ashery. The refined potash was in increasing demand in Europe for use in the production of glass and ceramic goods. American hardwoods, besides being more abundant, are said to have provided a higher yield of quality potash than European wood. In some parts, potash receipts became a common form of currency. Some settlers found potash production to be quite lucrative, resulting in faster deforestation than farming alone would have caused.

Modern era In 2005, Canada was the largest producer of potash with almost one-third world share followed by Russia and Belarus in Soligorsk, reports the British Geological Survey.

Natural potash deposits can also be mined. The world's largest potash producer is the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. Many other areas, however, have the resources for potash production. It should be noted that unlike other producers, Israel's Dead Sea Works and Jordan use solar evaporation pans in the Dead Sea to produce carnallite from which potassium chloride is produced.

External links

• Belaruskali Potash Company in Belarus, [Soligorsk
• The Potash Trade in North America
• Potash Production in Northern Sweden: History and Ecological Effects of a Pre-industrial Forest Exploitation
• They Burned The Woods and Sold the Ashes
• Henry M. Paynter, The First Patent, Invention & Technology, Fall 1990
• World Agriculture and Fertilizer Markets Map
• The First U.S. Patent issued was for potash

• Popular Opposition to proposed potash mining in Udon Thani province, Thailand*
• "Digging for Potash, Mining Companies Encounter An Iron Will" magazine article
• The Arab Potash Company in Jordan
• Russia reaps rich harvest with potash

Potash (or carbonate of potash) is an impure form of potassium carbonate (potassium2carbonate) mixed with other potassium salts.

Potash has been used since Ancient history in the manufacture of glass and soap and as a fertilizer. The name comes from the English language words Cooking pan and ash, referring to its discovery (observation) in the water (molecule)-soluble fractionation of wood ash.

The term has become somewhat ambiguous due to the substitution in fertilizers of cheaper potassium salts, such as potassium chloride (potassiumchlorine) or potassium oxide (potassium2oxygen), to which the same common name is now sometimes also applied. In addition, potassium hydroxide (potassiumhydroxide) is commonly called caustic potash, an additional source of confusion.

The element potassium derives its English name from potash. A number of chemical compounds containing potassium use the word potash in their traditional names: :{| |potash fertilizer ], ||K2O|-|caustic potash or potash lye ],||KOH|-|carbonate of potash, salts of tartar, or pearlash   ],||K2CO3|-|chlorate of potash ], ||KClO3|-|muriate of potash ], ||KCl|-|nitrate of potash or potassium nitrate||potassium nitrate, ] ||potassium sulfate, ||K2SO4|}

Potash production and trade History Up until the 20th century, potash was one of the most important industrial chemicals in Europe. It was refined from the ashes of broadleaved trees and produced primarily in the forested areas of Europe, Russia, and North America. The first United States patent law was issued in 1790 to Samuel Hopkins (inventor) for an improvement "in the making Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process."

Potash production provided late-18th century and early-19th century settlers in North America a way to obtain badly needed cash and credit as they cleared their wooded land for crops. To make full use of their land, excess wood, including stumps, needed to be disposed. The easiest way to accomplish this was to burn any wood not needed for fuel or construction. Ashes from hardwood trees could then be used to make Potassium hydroxide, which could either be used to make soap or boiled down to produce valuable potash. Hardwood could generate ashes at the rate of 60 to 100 bushels per acre (500 to 900 m³/km²). In 1790, ashes could be sold for $3.25 to $6.25 per acre ($800 to $1500/km²) in rural New York – nearly the same rate as hiring a laborer to clear the same area.

To create potash, take an open-bottomed barrel, and place it on a stone base with a groove cut into it, which will direct the resulting liquid into another container. Then place a layer of straw at the bottom, covered by a layer of sticks. This filter layer will prevent the ashes from contaminating the solution. Then fill the barrel with wood-ashes and pour water over it. The water will leach out the potash into the receptacle. This product will be of variable quality. Historically, it was measured by seeing how high an egg would float in the solution. The liquid may be boiled away to give a black, impure potash.

If desired, the potash could be further refined by baking in a kiln to produce a less impure form of potassium carbonate, known as pearlash for its pearly white color. This step was commonly performed at a nearby ashery. The refined potash was in increasing demand in Europe for use in the production of glass and ceramic goods. American hardwoods, besides being more abundant, are said to have provided a higher yield of quality potash than European wood. In some parts, potash receipts became a common form of currency. Some settlers found potash production to be quite lucrative, resulting in faster deforestation than farming alone would have caused.

Modern era In 2005, Canada was the largest producer of potash with almost one-third world share followed by Russia and Belarus in Soligorsk, reports the British Geological Survey.

Natural potash deposits can also be mined. The world's largest potash producer is the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. Many other areas, however, have the resources for potash production. It should be noted that unlike other producers, Israel's Dead Sea Works and Jordan use solar evaporation pans in the Dead Sea to produce carnallite from which potassium chloride is produced.

External links

• Belaruskali Potash Company in Belarus, [Soligorsk
• The Potash Trade in North America
• Potash Production in Northern Sweden: History and Ecological Effects of a Pre-industrial Forest Exploitation
• They Burned The Woods and Sold the Ashes
• Henry M. Paynter, The First Patent, Invention & Technology, Fall 1990
• World Agriculture and Fertilizer Markets Map
• The First U.S. Patent issued was for potash

• Popular Opposition to proposed potash mining in Udon Thani province, Thailand*
• "Digging for Potash, Mining Companies Encounter An Iron Will" magazine article
• The Arab Potash Company in Jordan
• Russia reaps rich harvest with potash

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