potassium chloride
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salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency
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A decreased volatility was observed for RfClmain when potassium chloride is provided as the solid phase instead of gas, highly indicative of the formation of nonvolatile Kmain RfClmain mixed salt.
Although the electrolysis process was developed and used in industrial scale in the 1920s, the thermal method by reacting sodium with potassium chloride in a chemical equilibrium reaction became the dominant method in the 1950s.
Depending on the type of airbag system, potassium chloride may also be present.
Added to the aqueous phase is a combination of 0.05-2.0% w/w of at least one steviol glucoside and 0.01-0.5% w/w of a chloride salt selected from: sodium chloride, potassium chloride, zinc chloride and mixtures thereof.
Feticidal injection of digoxin or potassium chloride may be administered at the beginning of the procedure to allow for softening of the fetal bones or to comply with relevant laws in the physician's jurisdiction.
At first, it looks like a straightforward heart attack in an overweight, middle-aged man who worked too hard, but then the autopsy reveals he died from an injection of potassium chloride.