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potassium_iodide
potassium iodide
English
Noun
potassium iodide (plural potassium iodides)
- (chemistry) a salt, KI, formally derived from potassium hydroxide and hydriodic acid, used as an analytical reagent, in organic synthesis, and in the preparation of photosensitive emulsions and as a radioprotector to protect the thyroid.