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A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe - Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous
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potash is also used for the purpose of converting a substance into
sulphate, or to free it at once from certain constituents. These
sulphates are dissolved in water, by which we are enabled to effect
the separation of its various constituents.

PREPARATION.--Two parts of coarsely powdered sulphate of potash are
placed in a porcelain crucible, and one part of pure sulphuric acid is
poured over it. Expose this to heat over the spirit-lamp, until the
whole becomes a clear liquid. The cooled mass must be of a pure white
color, and may be got out of the crucible by inverting it. It must be
kept in a fine powder.


4. _Oxalate of Potassa_ (KO, [=]O).--Dissolve bioxalate of potash in
water, and neutralize with carbonate of potash. Evaporate the solution
at a low heat to dryness, stirring constantly towards the close of the
operation. The dry residue is to be kept in the form of a powder.

The oxalate of potash, at a low red heat, eliminates a considerable
quantity of carbonic oxide, which, having a strong affinity for
oxygen, with which it forms carbonic acid, it is therefore a powerful
agent of reduction. It is in many cases preferable to carbonate of
soda.


5. _Cyanide of Potassium_ (Cy, K).--In the dry method of analysis,
this salt is one of the most efficient agents for the reduction of
metallic oxides. It separates not only the metals from their oxygen
compounds, but likewise from their sulphur compounds, while it is
converted through the action of the oxygen into carbonate of potash,
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