Potassium chloride

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Potassium Chloride (KCl)

Potassium chloride (== Template:IPA ==

The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.

Etymology

The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.

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  • Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
  • Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
  • Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
  • Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.

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Languages: - East Asian 中文, 日本, 한국어, South Asian हिन्दी, Urdu, বাংলা, తెలుగు, தமிழ், ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, မြန်မာဘာသာ, European español, Deutsch, français, русский, português do Brasil, Italian, polski) is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. 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.

Etymology

The term "Potassium" is derived from the English word "potash". The chemical symbol "K" comes from kalium, the Mediaeval Latin for potash, which may have derived from the Arabic word qali, meaning alkali. "Chloride" is derived from "chlorine"; a gas discovered in 1774 by Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

Uses

Potassium chloride is used in medicine, scientific applications, food processing, and in judicial execution through lethal injection. It is also used in water as a completion fluid in petroleum and natural gas operations, and as a flux in the manufacture of aluminium and some other metals.

Medical Uses

In medicine, potassium chloride is used in the treatment of hypokalemia as an electrolyte replenisher. With a physician's guidance, it can also be used to treat other conditions related to potassium deficiency.

Side Effects

Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. More severe side effects may include cardiac arrest, and minor ECG changes.

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