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Meaning of potassium hydroxide | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Ätzkali Kaliumhydroxid kaustisches Kali
Ελληνικά υδροξείδιο του καλίου
Español hidróxido de potasio potasa cáustica
Suomi kalilipeä kaliumhydroksidi
Français hydroxyde de potassium potasse caustique
Magyar kálium-hidroxid
Italiano idrossido di potassio
日本語 水酸化カリウム 苛性カリ
Português hidróxido de potássio
Русский гидроксид ка́лия
Svenska kaliumhydroxid
Türkçe potasyum hidroksit

Examples

“The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

potassium iodide potassium niobate potassium nitrate potassium nitrite potassium permanganate potassium selective electrode

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