potassium chloride
noun
: a crystalline salt KCl occurring as a mineral and in natural waters and used especially as a fertilizer
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Researchers from Tianjin University in China have developed a technique to extract rubidium from solid potassium chloride salt, which forms after brine has dried.
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IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
Mary Louise Cormier never knew her potassium chloride pills had been recalled.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Magnesium chloride and potassium chloride can still damage plants (and pavement, like concrete), but won’t be as potent as sodium chloride.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 Dec. 2024
Underwood was also given Xanax on Wednesday night and again Thursday morning before he was injected with a three-drug cocktail of midazolam, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
Mary Louise Cormier never knew her potassium chloride pills had been recalled.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Magnesium chloride and potassium chloride can still damage plants (and pavement, like concrete), but won’t be as potent as sodium chloride.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 Dec. 2024
Underwood was also given Xanax on Wednesday night and again Thursday morning before he was injected with a three-drug cocktail of midazolam, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Potassium chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potassium%20chloride. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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