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What (who) is Glauber's salt - definition

CHEMICAL COMPOUND
Glauber's salt; Glauber salt; Sodium sulphate; Glauber's Salt; Salt cake; Na2SO4; Saltcake; Na2so4; Sal mirabilis; E514; Sulphate of soda; Na2O4S; ATC code A06AD13; ATCvet code QA06AD13; ATC code A12CA02; ATCvet code QA12CA02; Sulfate of soda; Disodium sulfate
  • Temperature dependence of Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> solubility in water
  • Sodium sulfate used to dry an organic liquid. Here clumps form, indicating the presence of water in the organic liquid.
  • By further application of sodium sulfate the liquid may be brought to dryness, indicated here by the absence of clumping.

Glauber's salt         
·- ·Alt. of Glauber's salts.
Glauber's salt         
['gla?b?z, 'gl?:-]
¦ noun a crystalline hydrated form of sodium sulphate, formerly used as a laxative.
Origin
C18: named after the 17th-cent. German chemist Johann R. Glauber.
Mirabilite         
  • Crystal structure of mirabilite
SULFATE MINERAL
·noun Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt.

Wikipedia

Sodium sulfate

Sodium sulfate (also known as sodium sulphate or sulfate of soda) is the inorganic compound with formula Na2SO4 as well as several related hydrates. All forms are white solids that are highly soluble in water. With an annual production of 6 million tonnes, the decahydrate is a major commodity chemical product. It is mainly used as a filler in the manufacture of powdered home laundry detergents and in the Kraft process of paper pulping for making highly alkaline sulfides.