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Definition of sal microcosmicum

sal microcosmicum
Microcosmic Mi`cro*cos"mic, Microcosmical Mi`cro*cos"mic*al, a. [Cf. F. microcosmique.] Of or pertaining to the microcosm. Microcosmic salt (Chem.), a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called sal microcosmicum.

Meaning of sal microcosmicum from wikipedia

- microcosmic salt is called stercorite. Its name was coined in Latin (sal microcosmi****) by Paracelsus in the 16th century, but it was also referenced by...