Potassium-acetate
noun, Chemistry.
1.
a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble powder, KC 2 H 3 O 2 , used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
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noun, Chemistry. 1. a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, KSbO 3 , used chiefly as a pigment in paints.
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noun, Chemistry. 1. . noun, Chemistry, Pharmacology. 1. a white, water-soluble, sweet and metallic-tasting, poisonous powder or granules, C 4 H 4 KO 7 Sb, used as a mordant for dyeing textiles and leather, and in medicine as an expectorant, for inducing vomiting, and for infections by schistosomes. noun 1. another name for antimony potassium […]
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- Potassium-bicarbonate
noun, Chemistry, Pharmacology. 1. a white, crystalline, slightly alkaline, salty-tasting, water-soluble powder, KHCO 3 , produced by the passage of carbon dioxide through an aqueous potassium carbonate solution: used in cookery as a leavening agent and in medicine as an antacid. potassium bicarbonate n. A compound in the form of a white powder or colorless […]