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Potassium Sodium Tartrate

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Noun

1. potassium sodium tartrate, rochelle salt, rochelle salts

a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic

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Potassium Sodium Tartrate

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n.
A colorless efflorescent tetrahydrate salt, KNaC4H4O6·4H2O, used in making mirrors, as an analytical reagent, and as a laxative. Crystals of this compound are noted for their piezoelectric properties. Also called Rochelle salt.

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