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[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In German, we also have "Pottasche" as the trivial name of potassium carbonate

[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago
[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

And pot=pot, so potassium is 'from the ashpot' which was how kalium salts were extracted, by adding water to wood ash, then filtering and evaporating the water off.

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