Question

Is clear ash suspension acid or alkaline or neutral

Answer 1

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☞Wood ash is definitely very alkaline. The alkalinity comes mainly from the potassium carbonate formed during burning. As noted by others, there is also a significant amount of calcium carbonate present in wood ash as well. However calcium carbonate is far less alkaline than potassium carbonate.

An interesting piece of trivia is that wood ash is the reason the element potassium got its name.

Before the advent of electricity, wood fires were used to heat cooking pots, the ash left was called pot ash or potash. This potash was used to clean pots and cooking utensils because it removed the grease far better than plain water. (the alkaline nature of the pot ash was actually producing a crude soap, in situ, by reacting with the grease and fat) Eventually potash was widely used commercially in the manufacture of soap from animal fats.

In time, early chemists isolated a new element contained in the potash and called it potassium

Answer 2

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Wood ashes are almost as alkaline when dissolved in water, with a pH varying from about 9 to 11. Thus adding wood ash to our soils has two distinct benefits. It is alkaline so it can neutralize soil acidity, and the source of the alkalinity is calcium minerals, so it can replenish the Ca lost to decades of acid rain.

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