kainite

NOUN
  1. a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer
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  • Copperas or blue stone, kainite and superphosphate are sometimes used for the same purpose. The First Book of Farming
  • K - a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite Word of the Day
  • K - a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite Word of the Day
  • Mineral exploration made important progress in . coal, uranium, iron, gold, silver, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, antimony, tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, kainite and characteristic non-metal .
  • Mineral exploration made important progress in . coal, uranium, iron, gold, silver, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, antimony, tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, kainite and characteristic non-metal .
  • The crude salts, kainite and sylvinite, and the muriate contain chlorine and are not considered good for potatoes and tobacco as the chlorine lowers the quality of these products. The First Book of Farming
  • For over a century, rock phosphate and kainite -- a soft, readily soluble naturally occurring rock rich in potassium, magnesium and sulfur -- have been ground and used as fertilizer. Organic Gardener's Composting
  • Ph. D., said, "Tezampanel and its oral prodrug NGX426 are the first glutamate receptor antagonists to be tested in human pain trials with combined binding activity at the AMPA and kainite receptor subtypes. Undefined
  • Acid phosphate and kainite added to the manure may pay handsomely. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
  • To the substances used for treating brewing liquors already mentioned we may add kainite, a naturally deposited composite salt containing potassium and magnesium sulphates and magnesium chloride. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
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