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Examples of potassium sulfate in a Sentence
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Ingredients like sodium, potassium bicarbonate, and potassium sulfate give club soda its salty, mineral taste.
—Alison Mango, Health, 1 June 2024
Potash, or potassium sulfate, is currently mined in regions including Carlsbad, New Mexico and at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, where the Bureau of Land Management also oversees a private company’s potash mining operations.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
The only catch: Check the label for preservatives like potassium sulfate or sodium benzoate, both of which can kill the yeast required for fermentation.
—Justin Pot, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
Minerals obtained today are used for road and softener salt, magnesium chloride for steel production, and potassium sulfate for fertilizer.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2022
Three of the derailed cars were carrying potassium sulfate, which is used to make fertilizer.
—oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1869, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of potassium sulfate was
in 1869
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“Potassium sulfate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potassium%20sulfate. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
potassium sulfate
noun
: a white salt used especially as a fertilizer
Medical Definition
potassium sulfate
noun
: a white crystalline compound K2SO4 which has been used medicinally as a cathartic
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