Microcosmic Salt Definition

noun
A white, crystalline salt, Na(NH4)HPO44H2O, used as a reagent in blowpipe analysis because it forms characteristically colored compounds when fused with salts and oxides of metals.
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Origin of Microcosmic Salt

  • From its alchemical name sal microcosmicum

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