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potassium tetroxalate

noun

Definition of potassium tetroxalate 

: a relatively insoluble crystalline complex acid salt KHC2O4.H2C2O4.2H2O used chiefly in removing rust marks and as a reference standard in analyzing bases and permanganates

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