| 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) |
| ethyl chloride | a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic |
penicillin V potassium
Ledercillin VK | a form of penicillin V (trade name Ledercillin VK) |
polyvinyl chloride
PVC | a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables |
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 |
sodium chloride
common salt | a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl) |
ammonium chloride
sal ammoniac | a white salt used in dry cells |
methylene blue
methylthionine chloride | a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning |
bleaching powder
chlorinated lime
chloride of lime | a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and
or disinfect |
acetyl chloride
ethanoyl chloride | colorless liquid acyl chloride (CHCOCl) that has a pungent odor |
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 |
| hydrogen chloride | a colorless corrosive gas (HCl) |
| calcium chloride | a deliquescent salt, used in de-icing and as a drying agent |
mercuric chloride
mercury chloride
bichloride of mercury
corrosive sublimate | a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury, used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative |
calomel
mercurous chloride | a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic |
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 |
| chloride | any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) |
| chloride | any compound containing a chlorine atom |
aluminum chloride
aluminium chloride | a chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst |
methylene chloride
dichloromethane | a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant |
| obidoxime chloride | a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX |
| silver chloride | a chloride used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions |
| stannic chloride | a colorless caustic liquid made by treating tin with chlorine |