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potassium chloride
noun
- a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers and mineral water, and as a source of other potassium compounds.
potassium chloride
noun
- a white soluble crystalline substance used as a fertilizer and in medicine to prevent potassium deficiency. Formula: KCl
potassium chloride
- A white crystalline solid or powder used widely in fertilizers and in the preparation of most potassium compounds. It occurs naturally as the mineral sylvite. A unique property of potassium chloride is that it is more soluble in hot water, but less soluble in cold water, than sodium chloride is. Chemical formula: KCl.
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Then came potassium chloride, which was supposed to stop Lockett’s heart.
These salts are typically a less-refined form of table salt, or sodium chloride, but can also include other compounds, such as magnesium chloride and potassium chloride.
This last is equivalent to 0.0149 gram of potassium chloride.
The potassium chloride is indicated by the difference between this and the weight of the mixed chlorides.
Standardise the silver nitrate by weighing up 0.5 gram of pure sodium chloride (or potassium chloride).
Penfield uses a similar arrangement, but passes his silicon fluoride into an alcoholic solution of potassium chloride.
It is also formed as a by-product in the manufacture of potassium chloride from carnallite.
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