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Multi-word Results
potassium bitartrate |
see "cream of tartar." |
potassium bromide |
a white crystalline compound used in photography, spectroscopy, engraving, and medicine. |
potassium carbonate |
an alkaline crystalline powder used to make products such as glass, ceramics, and soaps. |
potassium chlorate |
a poisonous white or colorless crystalline solid used as an oxidizing agent in the making of disinfectants, bleaches, matches, fireworks, and explosives. |
potassium chloride |
a colorless crystalline salt used in fertilizers and in the making of other potassium salts. |
potassium cyanide |
a highly poisonous white powder used as an insecticide and in photography, electroplating, and metallurgy, esp. in extracting silver and gold from ores. |
potassium hydroxide |
a caustic white deliquescent solid or crystalline salt used in the making of soaps, liquid detergents, and glass. |
potassium nitrate |
a colorless crystalline compound used in explosives, preservatives, and fertilizers and as a chemical reagent. |
potassium permanganate |
a dark purple crystalline solid used as an oxidizing agent, astringent, antiseptic, and disinfectant. |
potassium sulfate |
a white or colorless crystalline solid, used in the manufacture of fertilizers, medicines, glass, and mineral water. |
potassium-argon dating |
a scientific method for dating geological specimens, based on the natural rate of decay of potassium into argon, and the ratio of the two elements in the specimen. |
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