A hypothetical or archaic chemical substance, possibly an alkali-generating agent or a variant alchemical preparation.
Likely from Arabic al-qali (alkali) combined with -gen (Greek for producer). The term appears sporadically in old chemical texts but lacks modern scientific definition.
Alkargen sits in that fascinating fog of pre-modern chemistry where terms were coined faster than they were defined—early chemists would name substances before fully understanding what they were.
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