[
US
/ˈsɪɫˌvaɪt/
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NOUN
- a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds
How To Use sylvite In A Sentence
- K - a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite Word of the Day
- Chemical fertilizer remains the main consumption channel of sylvite.
- In association with our work with the American Chemical Society, we have developed a field procedure for distinguishing halite from sylvite.
- K - a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite Word of the Day
- The most common minerals of chlorine are halite, or rock salt, sylvite, and carnallite.
- The potassium salts like carnallite, langbeinite, polyhalite, and sylvite are found in ancient lake and sea beds. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- The most common minerals of chlorine are halite, or rock salt, sylvite, and carnallite.
- Chlorine is a compound of the most common minerals; rock salt or halite (NaCl), sylvite (KCl) and carnallite (MgCl12. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- It occurs naturally as the mineral sylvite and in combination with sodium chloride as sylvinite.
- Potassium salts, such as sylvite (potassium chloride), are used to produce fertilizers for the agricultural industry, while boron salts, especially borax, are a basic resource for the glass industry.