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potassic

[ puh-tas-ik ]

/ pəˈtæs ɪk /

adjective

of, relating to, or containing potassium.

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Origin of potassic

First recorded in 1855–60; potass(ium) + -ic

Words nearby potassic

potash, potash alum, potash feldspar, potass, potassa, potassic, potassium, potassium-40, potassium-42, potassium-43, potassium acetate

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Example sentences from the Web for potassic

Selenic acid may be obtained in solution by deflagrating selenium or a selenite with potassic nitrate.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
It is also insoluble in alkaline sulphides, with the exception of potassic sulphide.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
Purchase that sold as potassic cyanide (gold) which contains about 95 per cent.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The action of both sodic and ammonic cyanides is precisely similar to that of potassic cyanide.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth

What potassic ferrocyanide was doing on board the Boreal I did not know, and I had neither the means, nor the force of mind, alas!
The Purple Cloud|M.P. Shiel

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