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potassium hydroxide
noun
, Chemistry.
- 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.
potassium hydroxide
noun
- a white deliquescent alkaline solid used in the manufacture of soap, liquid shampoos, and detergents. Formula: KOH Also calledcaustic potash See also lye
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of potassium hydroxide1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
An alcoholic solution of the resin was just neutralized with potassium hydroxide.
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Boiling with an excess of potassium hydroxide gave a black substance (tauromelanic acid).
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Lanthanum hydroxide, La(OH)3, is a white amorphous powder formed by precipitating lanthanum salts by potassium hydroxide.
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Now to the etherial solution, add about half its volume of a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide in methyl alcohol.
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This represents in a single equation the action of chlorine on hot, concentrated solutions of potassium hydroxide.
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