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Home >> Inorganic Chemistry Dictionary >> Potassium Carbonate - Potassium I Fluoride
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Potassium bromate
KBrO3, water –soluble, white crystals, melting at 4340C; in soluble in alcohol; strong oxidizer and a fire hazards; used in analytical chemistry and as an additive for permanent wave compounds.
Potassium bromide
KBr, white, hygroscopic crystals with bitter taste; soluble in water and glycerin, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether; melts at 7300C; used in medicine, soaps, photography, and lithography.
Potassium carbonate
K2CO3, white water-soluble, deliquescent powder, melting at 8910C; insoluble in alcohol; used in brewing, ceramics, explosives, fertilizers, and as a chemical intermediate. Also known as potash; salt o tartar.
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Potassium chloride
KCl, colourless crystals with saline taste; soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; melts at 7760C; used as a fertilizer in photography and pharmaceutical preparations. Also known as potassium muriate.
Potassium chloroplatinate
K2PtC16, orange-yellow crystals or powder which decomposes when heated (2500C); used in photography. Also known as platinum potassium platinichloride.
Potassium chromate
K2CrO4, yellow crystals, melting at 9710C; soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; used as an analytical regent and textile mordant, in enamels, inks, and medicines, and as a chemical intermediate.
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Potassium cyanate
KOCN, colourless, water-soluble crystals; used as an herbicide and for the manufacture of drugs and organic chemicals.
Potassium cyanide
KCN, poisonous, white, deliquescent crystals with bitter almond taste; soluble in water, alcohol, and glycerol; used for metal extraction, for electroplating, for heat-treating steel, and as an analytical reagent and insecticide.
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Potassium dichromate
K2Cr2O7, poisonous, yellowish-red crystals with metallic taste; soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; melts at 3690C, decomposes at 5000C; used as an oxidizing agent and analytical reagent, and in explosives, matches, and electroplating. Also known as potassium bichromate; red potassium chromate.
Potassium ferric oxalate
K3Fe(C2O4)3.3H2O, green crystals decomposing at 2300C, soluble in water and acetic acid; used in
photography and blueprinting
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Potassium fluoborate
KBF4, white powder or gelatinous crystals that decompose at high temperatures; slightly soluble in water and hot alcohol; used as a sand agent to cast magnesium and aluminum, and in electrochemical processes.
Potassium (I) fluoride
KF or KF.2H2O, poisonous, white, deliquescent crystals with saline taste; soluble in water and hydrofluoric acid, insoluble in alcohol; melts at 8460C; used to etch glass and as a preservative and insecticide.
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Potassium ferrocyanide
K4Fe(CN)6; 3H2O, yellow crystals with saline taste; soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; loses water at 600C used in medicine, dry colours, explosives, and as an analytical reagent. Also known as yellow prussiate of potash
Potassium fluosilicate
K2SiF6, an odourless, white crystalline compounds; slightly soluble in water; used in vitreous fruits, synthetic mica, metallurgy, and ceramics. Also known as potassium silicofluoride.
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