potassium : Idioms & Phrases

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antimony potassium tartrate

  • noun a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine
    tartar emetic.
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diclofenac potassium

  • noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam)
    Cataflam.
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penicillin v potassium

  • noun a form of penicillin V (trade name Ledercillin VK)
    Ledercillin VK.
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potassium acid carbonate

  • noun a crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid
    potassium acid carbonate; potassium bicarbonate.
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potassium alum

  • noun a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
    alum; potash alum.
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potassium bicarbonate

  • noun a crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid
    potassium acid carbonate; potassium bicarbonate.
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Potassium bitartrate

  • noun a salt used especially in baking powder
    potassium bitartrate; tartar; cream of tartar.
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  • . See Cream of tartar, under Cream.
Webster 1913

potassium bromide

  • noun a white crystalline salt (KBr) used as a sedative and in photography
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potassium carbonate

  • noun a white salt (K2CO3) that is basic in solution; used to make glass and cleansing agents
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potassium chlorate

  • noun a white salt (KClO3) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives; also used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent
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potassium chloride

  • noun salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency
    K-lyte; Kaochlor; potash muriate; K-lor; potassium chloride; K-Dur 20; Klorvess.
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potassium cyanide

  • noun a poisonous salt (KCN) used in electroplating and in photography
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potassium dichromate

  • noun an orange-red salt used in making dyes and in photography
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potassium ferrocyanide

  • noun a cyanide compound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts; commonly used by gardeners
    yellow prussiate of potash.
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potassium hydrogen carbonate

  • noun a crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid
    potassium acid carbonate; potassium bicarbonate.
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potassium hydrogen tartrate

  • noun a salt used especially in baking powder
    potassium bitartrate; tartar; cream of tartar.
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potassium hydroxide

  • noun a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
    potash; caustic potash.
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potassium iodide

  • noun a crystalline salt in organic synthesis and in making photographic emulsions and in iodized table salt
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potassium muriate

  • noun salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency
    K-lyte; Kaochlor; potash muriate; K-lor; potassium chloride; K-Dur 20; Klorvess.
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potassium nitrate

  • noun (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
    niter; nitre; saltpetre; saltpeter.
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Potassium permanganate

  • noun a poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic
    permanganate of potash.
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  • the salt KMnO4, crystallizing in dark red prisms having a greenish surface color, and dissolving in water with a beautiful purple red color; used as an oxidizer and disinfectant. The name chameleon mineral is applied to this salt and also to potassium manganate.
Webster 1913

potassium sodium tartrate

  • noun a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
    Rochelle salt; Rochelle salts.
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potassium-argon dating

  • noun geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon
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