Definition of sal ammoniac in English:
sal ammoniac
nounˌsal əˈməʊnɪakˌsæl əˈmoʊniˌæk
old-fashioned term for ammonium chloride
Example sentencesExamples
- They had made a chemical discovery while students in Edinburgh, discovering a way to make sal ammoniac, a chemical used in welding metal.
- The dissolutive water is made from vitriol of Cyprus, saltpetre (potassium nitrate), Jamenous Allom, and sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride), and it became known as aqua regia, the king of waters.
- Wollaston paid careful attention to the waste solutions that remained after the precipitation of the platinum salt of sal ammoniac, being curious about the nature of any non-platinum components.
- Upon burning, the dung produced acrid vapors and would leave behind a white residue which they called sal ammoniac, meaning salt of Ammon.
Origin
Middle English: from Latin sal ammoniacus 'salt of Ammon' (see ammoniacal).
Definition of sal ammoniac in US English:
sal ammoniac
nounˌsæl əˈmoʊniˌækˌsal əˈmōnēˌak
old-fashioned term for ammonium chloride
Example sentencesExamples
- They had made a chemical discovery while students in Edinburgh, discovering a way to make sal ammoniac, a chemical used in welding metal.
- The dissolutive water is made from vitriol of Cyprus, saltpetre (potassium nitrate), Jamenous Allom, and sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride), and it became known as aqua regia, the king of waters.
- Upon burning, the dung produced acrid vapors and would leave behind a white residue which they called sal ammoniac, meaning salt of Ammon.
- Wollaston paid careful attention to the waste solutions that remained after the precipitation of the platinum salt of sal ammoniac, being curious about the nature of any non-platinum components.
Origin
Middle English: from Latin sal ammoniacus ‘salt of Ammon’ (see ammoniacal).