potassium muriate
- noun
- /pəˈtæsiəm ˈmjʊəriˌeɪt/
- Archaic
:
muriato de potasio
- The doctor prescribed potassium muriate tablets to correct her electrolyte imbalance.
Examples
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Farmers often add potassium muriate to the soil to promote healthy plant growth.
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The doctor prescribed potassium muriate for my potassium deficiency.
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He researched the side effects of taking potassium muriate for his potassium deficiency.
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Farmers often use potassium muriate to improve soil health.
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Farmers often add potassium muriate to the soil to promote healthy plant growth.
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The doctor prescribed potassium muriate tablets to correct her electrolyte imbalance.
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He researched the side effects of taking potassium muriate for his potassium deficiency.
Synonyms
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A white salt that gives potassium to the body and is used in industry
A white salt used to treat low potassium in people and help plants grow
Surface Forms
Morphology
If a learner knows 'potassium' (the element) and 'muriate' (a chloride salt), the compound 'potassium muriate' is directly interpretable as potassium chloride; this follows regular chemical naming composition. The pattern is technical but consistent across languages and scientific nomenclature, so the meaning is derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Potassium muriate is an old name made of potassium and muriate. One popular story says 'muriate' was once a common word for a salt taken from seawater, so the name meant 'potassium salt'. That is why the term refers to the substance we now call 'potassium chloride', used to give plants or people extra potassium.