potassium hydroxide
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potassium hydroxide
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The alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach.
The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.
Similar: caustic potash, potassa
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noun potassium hydroxide
| Español | hidróxido de potasio, potasa cáustica |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 水酸化カリウム suisanka kariumu, 苛性カリ kaseikari |
| हिन्दी | दहातु उदजारेय dahātu udjārey |
| Português | hidróxido de potássio |
| Français | hydroxyde de potassium, potasse caustique |
| Deutsch | Kaliumhydroxid, Ätzkali, kaustisches Kali |
| Italiano | idrossido di potassio |
| Ελληνικά | υδροξείδιο του καλίου ydroxeídio tou kalíou |
| Русский | гидроксид калия gidroksid kalija |
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