† potassanen.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
Davy's proposed name for: potassium chloride, KCl.
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1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 327 Muriate of potash, which may be called potassane, consists of 75 of potassium and 67 of chlorine... Potassane is the only known combination of potassium and chlorine.
1815 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 105 218 Muriate of potassa, (potassane) is a perfectly neutral body; and when six proportions of oxygene are added to it, it still remains neutral.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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