potassium bisulfate

noun

variants or potassium acid sulfate

: a crystalline salt KHSO₄ that gives an acid reaction in solution, that is made by treating potassium sulfate with sulfuric acid, and that is used chiefly in making cream of tartar and as a flux; potassium hydrogen sulfate

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