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potassium bromide

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potassium bromide [pə′tas·ē·əm ′brō‚mīd]
(inorganic chemistry)
KBr White, hygroscopic crystals with bitter taste; soluble in water and glycerin, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether; melts at 730°C; used in medicine, soaps, photography, and lithography.


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He said the other three requirements include that the bread must not contain any fungal growth or potassium bromide package must indicate date of production, approximate weight and the number of loaves, and bakeries must fix a notice board in conspicuous place legibly indicating the approximate weight of loaves.
Byline: R LEWIS OBVIOUSLY Denis Gillon might know something about politics, but certainly nothing about potassium bromide and the alleged use of it in the armed forces (Voice of the North, December 16).
Demand for potassium bromide will grow below the derivatives average, as demand for photographic chemicals, its principal market, decelerates and as it faces growing competition from lower priced bromine compounds such as sodium bromide which can replace it in some applications.
 
 
 
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