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Table of Equivalents of Alkalis

Pure ammonia..

GRAINS. 17 53 69 Dry carbonate of soda.

Crystallized carbonate of soda...143 Crystallized bicarbonate of soda.. 84 Dry carbonate of potassa.

Crystallized carbonate of potassa. 87 Crystallized bicarbonate of potassa 100 Pure or caustic soda. 31 47 85 Pure or caustic potash...

Sesquicarbonate of soda..

Neutral carbonate of ammonia.. 43+ Sesquicarbonate of ammonia Bicarbonate of ammonia.. 59 79 1000 grain measures of pure water of ammonia of specific gravity .992, contain 17 grains or 1 equivalent of pure gaseous ammonia.

It is understood that all crystals must be perfectly free from attached water, but not in the least effloresced.

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