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Sachs's solution

Sachs's solution proper noun: a plant nutrient solution (fertilizer) consisting of potassium nitrate, sodium chloride, calcium sulphate, magnesium sulphate, calcium phosphate, and ferric chloride.

Proper noun

Sachs's solution

  1. A plant nutrient solution (fertilizer) consisting of potassium nitrate, sodium chloride, calcium sulphate, magnesium sulphate, calcium phosphate, and ferric chloride.
    • In the two succeeding experiments two species of plants were grown in each of five conditions, namely:
      (1) Soil and tap water, (2) sand and tap water, (3) tap water without substratum, (4) Sachs's solution without substratum, and (5) Sachs's solution with sand substratum.1905, Raymond Haines Pond, The Biological Relation of Aquatic Plants to the Substratum, pages 506–507
    • It will be noticed that, in addition to the elements given above, Pfeffer's solution also contains chlorine, while Sachs's solution contains not only chlorine, but sodium.1946, Walter Stiles, Trace Elements in Plants and Animals, page 2

Forms of Sachs's solution

alternative formSachs' solution

Origin of Sachs's solution

Named after Julius von Sachs.

Questions about Sachs's solution

What does Sachs's solution mean?
Sachs's solution means a plant nutrient solution (fertilizer) consisting of potassium nitrate, sodium chloride, calcium sulphate, magnesium sulphate, calcium phosphate, and ferric chloride.
What part of speech is Sachs's solution?
Sachs's solution is a proper noun.

Words near Sachs's solution in the dictionary

  1. sachitids
  2. Sachs
  3. Sachs' curvature
  4. Sachs' solution
  5. Sachs's curvature
  6. Sachs's solution
  7. Sachs-Hornbostel
  8. Sachse
  9. Sachsgate
  10. Sachsian
  11. Saci

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