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noun • a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption | ||||
| 33% | 9 | Forms various compounds like potassium chloride and potassium hydroxide | ||
noun • a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite | ||||
| 23% | 15 | Preservative used in certain foods | ||
noun • a crystalline salt in organic synthesis and in making photographic emulsions and in iodized table salt | ||||
Potassium ___ Preservative
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