potassium hydroxide
a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, KOH, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, or pellets, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, as a laboratory reagent, and as a caustic.
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Origin of potassium hydroxide
1- Also called caustic potash, potassium hydrate.
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How to use potassium hydroxide in a sentence
In standard zinc-air cells, the electrolyte is a high-pH substance, containing ingredients like potassium hydroxide.
Zinc-air batteries are typically single-use. A new design could change that | Maria Temming | January 5, 2021 | Science NewsAn alcoholic solution of the resin was just neutralized with potassium hydroxide.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeBoiling with an excess of potassium hydroxide gave a black substance (tauromelanic acid).
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeLanthanum hydroxide, La(OH)3, is a white amorphous powder formed by precipitating lanthanum salts by potassium hydroxide.
Now to the etherial solution, add about half its volume of a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide in methyl alcohol.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
This represents in a single equation the action of chlorine on hot, concentrated solutions of potassium hydroxide.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPherson
British Dictionary definitions for potassium hydroxide
a white deliquescent alkaline solid used in the manufacture of soap, liquid shampoos, and detergents. Formula: KOH: Also called: caustic potash See also lye
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Scientific definitions for potassium hydroxide
A white, corrosive, solid compound used in bleaches and to make soaps and detergents. It is deliquescent, soluble in water and very soluble in alcohol. In solution, it forms lye. Chemical formula: KOH.
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