microcosmic salt

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(dated, chemistry) A white salt, extracted from urine; once used in the preparation of phosphorus, and used in analytical tests for some metals; ammonium sodium hydrogenphosphate (NH₄)NaHPO₄.

Japanese Meaning

尿から抽出される白色の化合物で、リンの製造に過去に用いられ、また一部の金属の分析試験にも使用される塩。化学式は (NH₄)NaHPO₄ である。

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In the seventeenth-century laboratory, the chemist carefully crystallized microcosmic salt from the evaporated urine to study its peculiar properties.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

17世紀の実験室で、化学者は独特の性質を調べるために、蒸発させた尿から抽出した白い塩を慎重に結晶化した。

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(dated, chemistry) A white salt, extracted from urine; once used in the preparation of phosphorus, and used in analytical tests for some metals; ammonium sodium hydrogenphosphate (NH₄)NaHPO₄.

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