The use of the blowpipe, in the qualitative and quantitative examination of minerals, ores, furnace products and other metallic combinations / Edited, with emendations, by Dr. Sheridan Muspratt. With a preface by Baron Liebig.

  • Karl Friedrich Plattner
Date:
1850
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Credit: The use of the blowpipe, in the qualitative and quantitative examination of minerals, ores, furnace products and other metallic combinations / Edited, with emendations, by Dr. Sheridan Muspratt. With a preface by Baron Liebig. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    §2. SODA — [Na 0].—Presence in the Mineral Kingdom. Soda is never found per se, but always in combination, as, (a) With Chlorine, in Rock Salt [Na Cl], at times con¬ taining traces of chloride of ammonium. {h) With Fluorine and Fluoride of Aluminum, in Kryolite [3 (Na FI) + AF F]^ ; {c) With Carbonic Acid and Water, in Nairobi [Na O, C 0^ + 10 aq] ; and Tro7ia fUraoJ \_2 Na O, 3 C 0^ + 4 aq] ; also with Carbonic Acid, Carbonate of Lime, and Water, in Gaylussite [Ca O, C 0^ + Na O, C + 6 aq] ; {d) With Sulphuric Acid, in Glauber Salt [Na O, S + 10 aq], which is often contaminated with carbonate of soda, chloride of sodium, and chloride of calcium; {e) With Sulphuric Acid and Sulphate of Lime, in Glauherite [Na 0, S 0^ + Ca 0, S 0^]; if) With Nitric Acid, in Nitrate of Soda [Na 0, N O^] ; {g) With Boracic Acid and Water, in Borax (TincalJ [Na 0, 2 B 0^ + 10 aq] ; and, {Ji) With Silicic Acid, in various Silicates,as, for ex¬ ample, in Tetartine or Alhite (Soda Felspar J [Na 0, Si 0^ -F AF 0^ 3 Si 0®] ; in Sodalite from Vesuvius [Na Cl + 2 (AF 0^) + 2 (3 Na O, Si 0^) + 2 (AF 0^ Si O^) ] ; in Achmite [3 (Na O, Si 0^) + 2 Fe^ 0% Si O^] ; in Soda Spo dumene (OligoklasJ [3 (Na 0, Si 0^) -J- 4 AF 0^ 2 Si 0^] ; in Nepheline [| ^“o°} Si 0 + 2 (AP O, Si 0) ]; in La- hradorite [Na 0, Si 0^ + AF O^, Si 0^ + 3 (Ca 0, Si 0^ + AF 0^ Si 0^ ) ] ; in Soda Tourmaline; Analcime [3 Na 0, 2 Si + 3 (AF 0'\ 2 Si 0^) + 6 aq] * [This alkali occurs also in Arvedsonite, Bytownite, Andesine, Saussurite, Glaukolite, Indianite, Humholdtilite, Eetinalite, Brevicite, Chabasite, Gmelinite, Harringtonite, Tliomsonite, and Comptonite, Fahlunite, Pechstein, Epistilhite, Wohlerite, and with potassa in numerous other minerals.]—Ed.