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potassium chloride
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Potassium chloride
The
chemical compound
potassium chloride
(
KCl
) is a
metal halide
salt
composed of
potassium
and
chloride
. It is
odorless
and has a white or
colorless
vitreous
crystal
appearance. The solid dissolves readily in water and its solutions have a salt-like taste. KCl is used in
medicine
, scientific applications,
food processing
, and used to cause
cardiac arrest
as the third drug in the "three drug cocktail" for executions by
lethal injection
. It occurs naturally as the
mineral
sylvite
and in combination with
sodium chloride
as
sylvinite
.
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