potash corp, pot,Potash is the common name for potassium carbonate and various mining and salt production, which contain the element potassium in water-soluble form. In some rare cases, potash, can be formed with traces of organic materials, such as plant remains.The word “potash” comes from the Dutch word potasch, and originally referred to wood ash. Potassium carbonate, the main chemical pre-modern times, was taken from him. Today potash concerns compounds of potassium and potash materials, the most common of which are potassium chloride (KCl). The term “potash” comes from the old method of manufacturing potassium carbonate (K2CO3) by leaching wood ashes and evaporating the solution in large iron pots, resulting in a white precipitate is called “pot ash”. Later, “potassium” became widely used term in natural potassium salts and commercial products derived from them. and the commercial product derived from them.