Definition of Rochelle salt

1. Noun. A double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic.

Exact synonyms: Potassium Sodium Tartrate, Rochelle Salts
Generic synonyms: Double Salt

Definition of Rochelle salt

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) The double salt potassium sodium tartrate that is used as a cathartic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Rochelle salt

1. KNaC4H4O6;a mild saline cathartic, used as an ingredient in compound effervescent powders. Synonym: Rochelle salt, Seignette's salt, sodium potassium tartrate. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rochelle Salt

Roccella tinctoria
Roccellaceae
Rocco
Rocco Marciano
Roccus
Roccus saxatilis
Rocephin
Rochalimaea
Rochambeau
Rochdale
Roche
Roche limit
Roche limits
Rochelle
Rochelle powder
Rochelle salt (current term)
Rochelle salts
Rocher's sign
Rochester
Rochon prism
Rock
Rock Cornish
Rock Cornish hen
Rock Island
Rock Paper Scissors
Rock Springs
Rock fever
Rock of Gibraltar
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Republican

Literary usage of Rochelle salt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"Expts. were made with Rochelle salt. If much of this salt be added to a chrome liquor, ... Immediately after Rochelle salt has been adulto a chrome liquor, ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1884)
"Rochelle salt and iodine locally. Pot Mixed treatment and blister. ... Rochelle salt Rochelle salt Rochelle salt. Rochelle salt and iron and quinine. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1905)
"... AND Rochelle salt. (PLATES I.-II.) BY WE ADENEY, D.Sc., Curator and Examiner in Chemistry in the Royal University of Ireland. Read DECEMBER 12, 1904. ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"If the solution of Rochelle salt contains tartrate of lime, the crystals are turbid; but on heating the solution for some time to 50° — 60°, ..."

5. Elements of Natural Philosophy: Being an Experimental Introduction to the by Golding Bird (1848)
"This is beautifully shown in sections of the Rochelle salt, the potassio-tartrate of soda. If a plate cut transversely to one of the axes of this salt, ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1883)
"For this purpose experiments were carefully performed in flasks containing the Rochelle salt, to which the nuclei of neutral sodium ..."

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