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Potassio-Tartrate of Soda

crystalline mass. By passing dry ammoniacal gas into this salt, melted by a gentle heat, it is transformed into the neutral acetate, and becomes solid and inodorous.

Or: By saturating strong acetic acid with ammonia, and evaporating over sulphuric acid in vacuo, crystals of acetate of ammonia may be obtained. Very soluble both in alcohol and water, and very deliquescent.

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