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POTASSIUM SALT [2 records]

Record 1 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Additives
Universal entry(ies)
KMnO4
formula, see observation
7722-64-7
CAS number
DEF

Purple-colored, astringent crystals used as a starch-modifier and a bleaching agent for vegetable oils.

OBS

Also used as antiseptic, astringent and as an important analytical reagent.

OBS

Chemical formula: KMnO4

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Additifs alimentaires
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
KMnO4
formula, see observation
7722-64-7
CAS number
DEF

Cristaux astringents de couleur violette, utilisés dans le blanchiment des huiles végétales et comme modificateur de l'amidon.

OBS

Formule chimique : KMnO4

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

Thick potassium salt deposits (in Germany) accumulated in the Late Permian Zechstein epeiric sea where this had flooded in from the north.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

L'évaporation d'eaux salines, telle l'eau des océans, est à l'origine de minerais variés, groupés sous le nom d'évaporites. L'industrie y trouve surtout les sels de sodium, de potassium et le magnésium.

Spanish

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