potassium acetate

American  

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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Example Sentences

Potassium acetate, also used as an aircraft deicer, was mistakenly used by Oklahoma in a 2015 lethal injection.

From Seattle Times

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

From Slate

The state Department of Corrections said the drug alfentanil might substitute for fentanyl and potassium acetate might substitute for potassium chloride, depending on availability.

From Washington Times

Potassium acetate, also used as an aircraft de-icer, was mistakenly used by Oklahoma in a 2015 lethal injection, he said.

From Washington Times

An execution manual provided to a federal judge ahead of a possible late-July death date for convicted mass killer Zane Michael Floyd said a similar-acting drug, alfentanil, might substitute for fentanyl and potassium acetate might substitute for potassium chloride.

From Seattle Times