Glauber's salt
Glau·ber's salt
noun \ˈglau̇-bər(z)-\Definition of GLAUBER'S SALT
: a colorless crystalline sulfate of sodium Na2SO4·10H2O used especially in dyeing, as a cathartic, and in solar energy systems —sometimes used in plural —called also Glauber salt
Origin of GLAUBER'S SALT
Johann R. Glauber †1668 German chemist
First Known Use: 1736
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