Sal n. (Chem. & Pharm.) Salt. Sal absinthii (Old Chem.), an impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium).
Sal acetosellae (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth. Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also muriate of ammonia.
Sal catharticus (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
Sal culinarius (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium chloride.
Sal Cyrenaicus. (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum (Old Chem.), potassium sulphate; so called because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one alkaline.
Sal diureticus (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
Sal enixum (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
Sal gemmae (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
Sal Jovis (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride; the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
Sal Martis (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
Sal microcosmicum (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt, under Microcosmic. Sal plumbi (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st Prunella. Sal Saturni (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead acetate; the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Sal sedativus (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid.
Sal Seignette (Chem.), Rochelle salt.
Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium. Sal vitrioli (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc sulphate.
Sal volatile. (a)(Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above.
Soda n. 1.(Chem.) (a)Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b)Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is also called baking soda
2.Same as sodium, used in terms such as bicarbonate of soda. 4.A non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means, containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; in different localities it is variously called also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. (Colloq.)
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium. Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium. Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine. Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; called also alkali waste.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. (Colloq.)
