Scientific amusements . Fig. 80.—Bottle containing a Saturated Solution of Sulphate of Soda. Crystallization isshown in the Decanter to the left of the. Illustration. thirty-one grammes of caustic soda a most intense re-action will set in, accompanied by a considerable increaseof tehiperature ; after the mass has co9led we find lasubstance which may be hand led with impunity ; the acidand the alkali have combined and their properties havebeen reciprocally destroyed. The combination has givenbirth to a salt which is sidphaie of soda. The result of 98 CHEMISTRY WITHOUT A LABORATORY. the union ex


Scientific amusements . Fig. 80.—Bottle containing a Saturated Solution of Sulphate of Soda. Crystallization isshown in the Decanter to the left of the. Illustration. thirty-one grammes of caustic soda a most intense re-action will set in, accompanied by a considerable increaseof tehiperature ; after the mass has co9led we find lasubstance which may be hand led with impunity ; the acidand the alkali have combined and their properties havebeen reciprocally destroyed. The combination has givenbirth to a salt which is sidphaie of soda. The result of 98 CHEMISTRY WITHOUT A LABORATORY. the union exercises no action on litmus paper ; it in norespect resembles its parents. In cliemistry there is an almost infinite number ofsalts, which result from the combination of an acid withan alkali, or base. Some, like the sulphate of copper, or :<?B*3 «,»


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