'Sal ammoniac' definitions:
Definition of 'sal ammoniac'
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noun
A white salt used in dry cells [syn: ammonium chloride, sal ammoniac]
Definition of 'Sal ammoniac'
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- Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.) Salt. [1913 Webster]
- Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia Absinthium}).
- Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
- Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
- Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of ammonia}.
- Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
- Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium chloride.
- Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
- Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.), potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one alkaline.
- Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
- Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
- Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
- Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride; -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
- Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
- Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt, under Microcosmic.
- Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
- Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st Prunella.
- Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
- Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid.
- Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.), Rochelle salt.
- Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
- Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc sulphate.
- Sal volatile. [NL.] (a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above. (b) Spirits of ammonia. [1913 Webster]