| potassium-argon dating | geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon |
diclofenac potassium
Cataflam | a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam) |
penicillin V potassium
Ledercillin VK | a form of penicillin V (trade name Ledercillin VK) |
alum potassium alum
potash alum | a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum |
potassium
K
atomic number | a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group, oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water, is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite |
potassium bicarbonate
potassium acid carbonate
potassium hydrogen carbonate | a crystalline salt (KHCO) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid |
potassium chloride
potassium muriate
potash muriate
K-Dur
Kaochlor
K-lor
Klorvess
K-lyte | salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur , Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte), taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency |
potassium nitrate
saltpeter
saltpetre
niter
nitre | (KNO) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive |
| potassium bromide | a white crystalline salt (KBr) used as a sedative and in photography |
| potassium carbonate | a white salt (KCO) that is basic in solution, used to make glass and cleansing agents |
| potassium chlorate | a white salt (KClO) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives, also used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent |
| potassium cyanide | a poisonous salt (KCN) used in electroplating and in photography |
| potassium dichromate | an orangeed salt used in making dyes and in photography |
| potassium iodide | a crystalline salt in organic synthesis and in making photographic emulsions and in iodized table salt |
tartar emetic
antimony potassium tartrate | a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine |
potassium ferrocyanide
yellow prussiate of potash | a cyanide compound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts, commonly used by gardeners |
potassium permanganate
permanganate of potash | a poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purpleed when dissolved in water, used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic |
potash
caustic potash
potassium hydroxide | a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry |
Rochelle salt
Rochelle salts
potassium sodium tartrate | a double salt used in Seidlitz powder, acts as a cathartic |
cream of tartar
tartar
potassium bitartrate
potassium hydrogen tartrate | a salt used especially in baking powder |