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Potassium bromide (KBr) is a salt, widely used as an anticonvulsant and a sedative in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with over-the-counter use extending to 1975 in the US. Its action is due to the bromide ion (sodium bromide is equally effective). Potassium bromide is used as a veterinary drug, in antiepileptic medication for dogs.
Under standard conditions, potassium bromide is a white crystalline powder. It is freely soluble in water; it is not soluble in acetonitrile. In a dilute aqueous solution, potassium bromide tastes sweet, at higher concentrations it tastes bitter, and tastes salty when the concentration is even higher. These effects are mainly due to the properties of the potassium ion—sodium bromide tastes salty at any concentration. In high concentration, potassium bromide strongly irritates the gastric mucous membrane, causing nausea and sometimes vomiting (a typical effect of all soluble potassium salts).[citation needed]
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1975 in the US. Its action is due to the bromide ion (sodium bromide is equally effective). Potassiumbromide is used as a veterinary drug, in antiepileptic...
centuries. Its action is due to the bromide ion, and for this reason potassiumbromide is equally effective. In 1975, bromides were removed from drugs in the...
bromide can result in bromism, a syndrome with multiple neurological symptoms. Bromide toxicity can also cause a type of skin eruption, see potassium...
a hot solution of potassium hydroxide. This first forms unstable potassium hypobromite, which quickly disproportionates into bromide and bromate: 3 BrO−...
HBr can be prepared by distillation of a solution of sodium bromide or potassiumbromide with phosphoric acid or sulfuric acid: KBr + H2SO4 → KHSO4 +...
aqueous potassiumbromide was widely used to treat gangrene during the American Civil War, before the publications of Joseph Lister and Pasteur. Potassium bromide...
executed Mark James Asay using a combination of etomidate, rocuronium bromide, and potassium acetate. The drug was also used in the February 2023 execution of...
prepared by the reaction of silver nitrate with an alkali bromide, typically potassiumbromide: AgNO3(aq) + KBr(aq) → AgBr(s)+ KNO3(aq) Although less convenient...
formulated with the primary active ingredients sodium bromide, ammonium bromide, and potassiumbromide, combined with sodium bicarbonate and citric acid in...
Lithium bromide (LiBr) is a chemical compound of lithium and bromine. Its extreme hygroscopic character makes LiBr useful as a desiccant in certain air...
bromine, usually through bromine-based sedatives such as potassiumbromide and lithium bromide. Bromism was once a very common disorder, being responsible...
render the condemned prisoner unconscious, at which time vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride are administered, stopping the prisoner's breathing and...
added to matches and explosives. Potassiumbromide (KBr) was formerly used as a sedative and in photography. While potassium chromate (K2CrO4) is used in...
cases be used either as the free acid or as salts of sodium, calcium, potassium, magnesium, lithium, etc. Codeine- and dionine-based salts of barbituric...
using a combination of etomidate, rocuronium bromide, and potassium acetate. Since 2016, rocuronium bromide has been the standard drug, along with propofol...
Potassium fluoride is the chemical compound with the formula KF. After hydrogen fluoride, KF is the primary source of the fluoride ion for applications...
Potassium chloride (KCl, or potassium salt) is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. It is odorless and has a white or colorless vitreous...
molecular species have a very large dipole moment, e.g. gas-phase potassiumbromide, KBr, with a dipole moment of 10.41 D. A proton and an electron 1 Å...
Ammonium bromide, NH4Br, is the ammonium salt of hydrobromic acid. The chemical crystallizes in colorless prisms, possessing a saline taste; it sublimes...
lithium fluoride, calcium sulfate, lithium borate, calcium borate, potassiumbromide, and feldspar. It was invented in 1954 by Professor Farrington Daniels...
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