Potassium Hydroxide

flakes,KOH

Production information

PROPERTIES & USAGE
Properties		Usage
Chemical formula	KOH	Precursor to other potassium compounds
Boiling point	1,327 °C (2,421 °F; 1,600 K)	Niche applications
Density	2.044 g/cm3 (20 °C)	Manufacture of soft soaps
	2.12 g/cm3 (25 °C)
Melting point	360°C (680 °F; 633 K)	As an electrolyte
Molar mass	56.11 g mol-1	Manufacture of biodiesel
		Petroleum refineries

SPECIFICATION
Specification	Unit	:	Flakes			90% White Flake
Total Alcalinity (KOH)		:	91% min	92.0-95.0
Potassium Hydroxide (KOH)		:	89.5% min		90.0% Min.	≥90.0
Sodium (NaOH)		:	1 max	1.7
Potassium Carbonate (K2CO3)		:	0.5% max	1.4	0.70% Max.	≤0.5
Chloride (CL)		:	80 ppm max	0.7		≤0.005
Iron (Fe)		:	5 ppm max	0.03	0.0005% Max.	≤0.002
Nickel (Ni)		:	5 ppm max		0.001% Max.
Appearance		:		flakes of light green, light lilac or light grey color		White Flake
Sulphates content,		:		0.025		≤0.05
Potassium chlorate content (КСlO3),	%, max	:		0.1
Silicone content,	%, max	:		0.01
Calcium content	%, max	:		0.01
Aluminum content,	%, max	:		0.003
Nitrates and nitrites content in terms of nitrogen,	%, max	:		0.07		≤0.002
KCL		:			0.02% Max.
Na⁺		:			0.40% Max.	≤1.0
Heavy metal (as Pb) %		:				≤0.002
Phosphate (as PO4) %		:				≤0.005
Silicate (as SiO3) %		:				≤0.01

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