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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

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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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