Potassium chloride

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The chemical compound potassium chloride (KCl) is a metal halide composed of potassium and chlorine. In its pure state it is odourless. It has a white to colourless vitreous crystal, with a face-centred cubic structure that cleaves easily in three directions. KCl is used in medicine, scientific applications, food processing and in judicial execution through lethal injection. It occurs naturally as the mineral sylvite and in combination with sodium chloride as sylvinite.

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Chemical compound - Halide - Potassium - Chlorine - Vitreous - Face-centred cubic - Food processing - Execution - Lethal injection - Mineral - Sodium chloride - Sylvinite

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