The word “their” in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. Mediterranean Sea plants
B. European settlers
C. the alkalis (potash and soda)
A. Mediterranean Sea plants (Thực vật biển Địa Trung Hải)
B. European settlers (Người định cư châu Âu)
C. the alkalis (potash and soda) (chất kiềm (kali và soda))
D. glass and soap making (làm thủy tinh và xà phòng)
Giải thích:C
Potash (the old name for potassium carbonate) is one of the two alkalis (the other being soda, sodium carbonate) that were used from remote antiquity in the making of glass, and from the early Middle Ages in the making of soap: the former being the product of heating a mixture of alkali and sand, the latter a product of alkali and vegetable oil. Their importance in the communities of colonial North America need hardly be stressed.
Tạm dịch:
Potash (tên cũ của kali cacbonat) là một trong hai chất kiềm (còn lại là soda, natri cacbonat) được sử dụng từ thời xa xưa trong sản xuất thủy tinh và từ đầu thời Trung Cổ trong sản xuất xà phòng: chất trước đây là sản phẩm của việc đun nóng hỗn hợp kiềm và cát, sau này là sản phẩm của kiềm và dầu thực vật. Tầm quan trọng của họ trong các cộng đồng thuộc địa ở Bắc Mỹ hầu như không cần phải nhấn mạnh.
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