TY  - BOOK
AU  - Juliana Mesquita Contarini et al ...
TI  -  An Experiment of Chemistry with Historical Context: 18th-Century Potash Production in Brazil: (Journal Article) 
T2  - American Chemical Society, Volume 100, Issue 1
SN  - 0021-9584
U1  - 540.7 
PY  - 0000///,January 102023///
CY  - Washington, United States
PB  - :American Chemical Society
KW  - High School/Introductory
KW  - Chemistry First-Year Undergraduate
KW  - General Laboratory Instruction
KW  - Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives
KW  - Gravimetric Analysis Precipitation
KW  - /Solubility Acids/Bases ReactionsShow Less
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N2  - Abstract:-

Potash, an essential raw material of the 18th century, used to be produced from the ashes of plants. Known since antiquity, it was in 1807 that Humphry Davy put an end to the decades-long controversy about its nature as a compound. The technology behind potash production was implemented in Brazil by the Portuguese naturalist Frei Velloso. The steps in potash production and the related difficulties and controversies about its composition make this case study a convenient tool for teaching the history of chemistry. The results concluded that the potash production from ashes provided proper context for teaching practical extraction yield, carbonate identification, and pH determination.


UR  -  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00896
ER  -