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potassium acetate

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble powder, KC 2 H 3 O 2 , used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.


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It also says that it is considering potassium acetate, which is also found in automobile antifreeze, instead of potassium chloride.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2021

The governor’s office and corrections officials say they’ve been advised by doctors that potassium acetate could be substituted for potassium chloride.

From Time Oct. 8, 2015

“Contact was immediately made to the provider, whose professional opinion was that potassium acetate is medically interchangeable with potassium chloride at the same quantity,” Patton told the Associated Press.

From The Guardian Oct. 8, 2015

State prison officials said they were posted potassium acetate instead of potassium chloride, the third drug used in Oklahoma's lethal injection formula.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2015

In the same way, by electrolysing a mixture of a metallic salt and an ester, other nuclei may be condensed; thus potassium acetate and potassium ethyl succinate yield CH3.CH2.CH2.CO2C2H5.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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