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[โ€“] Zwiebel@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

And pot=pot, so potassium is 'from the ashpot' which was how kalium salts were extracted, by adding water to wood ash, then filtering and evaporating the water off.