PX1480
Potassium hydroxide
pellets, Meets ACS Specifications, Meets Reagent Specifications for testing USP/NF monographs GR ACS
Synonym(s):
Caustic Potash, Caustic potash
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About This Item
grade
ACS reagent
Quality Level
vapor pressure
1 mmHg ( 719 °C)
assay
≥85.0%
form
pellets
color
white to off-white
pH
14 (20 °C, 56 g/L in H2O)
mp
361 °C (lit.)
solubility
1130 g/L
anion traces
carbonate (K2CO3): ≤2.0%, chloride (Cl-): ≤0.01%, phosphate (PO43-): ≤5 ppm, sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.003%
cation traces
Ca: ≤0.005%, Fe: ≤0.001%, Mg: ≤0.002%, N: ≤0.001%, Na: ≤0.05%, Ni: ≤0.001%, heavy metals: ≤0.001%
shipped in
ambient
storage temp.
room temp
InChI
1S/K.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1
InChI key
KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Analysis Note
Calcium (Ca): 0.005% max
Chloride (Cl): 0.01% max
Color: White to off-white
Form: Pellets
Heavy Metals (by ICP-OES): 0.001% max
Iron (Fe): 0.001% max
Magnesium (Mg): 0.002% max
Nickel (Ni): 0.001% max
Nitrogen compounds (as N): 0.001% max
Phosphate (PO4): 5ppm max
Potassium carbonate (K2CO3): 2.0% max
Sodium (Na): 0.05% max
Sulfate (SO4): 0.003% max
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Danger
hcodes
Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A
Storage Class
8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials
wgk
WGK 1
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
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