We use the best potash soap in washing the wool.

最好钾皂洗羊毛。

When the first flowers show, give the plants some potash fertilizer.

开出第一朵花时，给植株施上钾肥。

Chlorate of potash is got in the form of white crystals.

氯钾呈现白色水晶状。

Perhaps you have had to suck some chlorate of potash lozenges when you had a sore throat.

也许你曾经就因为喉咙疼痛而服过氯钾。

Local factories also use the water to get minerals -- potash, bromine, sodium chloride, and magnesium chloride, among others.

当地工厂也利水来获取矿物质——钾肥、溴、氯化钠和氯化镁等。

Scientists largely agree that years of aquifer use by nearby potash mining has been one cause behind the problem.

科学家遍认为，附近钾矿多年来一直在开采含水层，这是造成这一问题原因之一。

Fertiliser shortages are even harder to cover: new potash mines take 5-10 years to build.

新钾肥矿需要5-10年才能建成。

Potash was also used to make glass.

钾也被来制造玻璃。

It was for an improved process for making potash.

这是为了改进钾肥制造工艺。

That should give you an idea of how important potash was.

这应该能让你了解钾肥重要性。

The Dutch bank Rabobank said 40 percent of the world's supply of potash, or potassium chloride, comes from Russia and Belarus.

荷兰合作银行表示，全球40%钾或氯化钾都是由俄罗斯和白俄罗斯供应。

Glass is mostly sand, silicon dioxide, but add some potash and you reduce the melting point.

玻璃主要是沙子、二氧化硅、 但添加一些钾 就会降低熔点。

Take some animal fat, add potash, and a chemical reaction creates a primitive liquid soap.

取一些动物脂肪，加入钾， 化学反应产生了原始液体肥皂。

The patent office has now issued over 10 million patents and the literal first one is for potash.

专利局目前已颁发了超过 1000 万项专利 而实际上第一个专利是有关钾肥。

In 1807, British scientist Humphry Davy got some damp potash and put electrodes into it.

1807 年， 英国科学家汉弗莱·戴维 (Humphry Davy) 获得了一些潮湿钾碱 并将电极放入其中。

Germany established a near monopoly in the potash supply.

德国几乎垄断了钾肥供应。

Unfortunately, it required a huge amount of lumber to create just a small quantity of potash.

不幸是，它需要大量木材 来制造少量钾肥。

So the potash that Davy was using was actually potassium hydroxide.

因此戴维使钾实际上是氢氧化钾。

The demand for potash was so high that across Europe and the eastern U.S., forests were decimated.

钾肥需求量如此之高 以至于整个欧洲和美国东部， 森林被大量砍伐。

They were deep underground, so potash had to be mined out.

它位于地下深处， 因此必须开采钾肥。