Rochelle salt

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Rochelle salt: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	sodium potassium tartrate tetrahydrate

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inorganic compound salt salt ammonium chloride organometallic compound oxyacid carbonic acid silicone sulfuric acid hydrogen cyanide phosphoric acid nitric acid