upon oxygenized and hyperoxygen i%ed muriatic Acid, &c. 123 
place. A quantity of thin white vapour arose, which afterwards 
w r as deposited, in the form of a white sublimate, in the receiver 
and the tube. When the extrication of gas had ceased, the ap- 
paratus was allowed to cool. The gas, with the usual correc- 
tions of temperature and pressure, measured 1 1 2,5 cubic inches, 
= 38,3 grains. The 2,5 mentioned above, as the loss of this 
salt at a low heat, were water. 53,5 remained in the retort ; 
and the white sublimate in the tube and receiver amounted to 5. 
The products of this operation were therefore, 
Water - 2,5 
Oxygen 38,3 
Salt in the tube and receiver - 5 
Salt remaining in the retort - - 53,5 
smT- 
To find the proportions of oxygen and muriatic acid, in hy- 
peroxygen i zed muriatic acid, it now only remains to determine 
the sum of the quantities of muriatic acid, contained in the 53,5 
of the retort and the 3 of the tube and receiver. The 33,5 gave, 
by nitrate of silver, a precipitate corresponding to 18,21 ; and 
the 3, a precipitate corresponding to 1,76 ; in all, 20 of muriatic 
acid. Therefore, 38,3 of oxygen, and 20 of muriatic acid, com- 
bine to form 38,3 of hyperoxygenized muriatic acid ; or, 100 of 
hyperoxygenized muriatic acid contain, within a fraction. 
Oxygen - - 63 
Muriatic acid - - -35 
100, 
And the elements of hyperoxygenized muriate of potash, should 
be thus stated : 
Oxygen - 38,3 f hyperoxygenized > 
Muriatic acid 20 l muriatic acid J 
Potash 
Water 
- 58,3 
- 39>2 
- s>5 
100,0. 
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