Product code RXSOL-19-1614-025Category Powder Chemical

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Overview

High-quality alkaline products. Potassium carbonate is white salt which is packed in international export quality 25 Kg bag.

Product description

High-quality alkaline products. Potassium carbonate is white salt which is packed in international export quality 25 Kg bag. We also have 99 % purity products. Potassium carbonate is a potassium salt that is the dipotassium salt of carbonic acid. It has a role as a catalyst, a fertilizer and a flame retardant.Potassium carbonate anhydrous, K2CO3 anyydrous, appears as a white powder or as colorless solid crystal that is void of water and has a salty taste. ... It also used in fire extinguishers, to make soap, to make glass, and to soften water.

Applications

Potassium Carbonate most commonly uses for Pesticide Industry, Soap and Glass Industries, Fertilizer industry, Rubber Chemicals. Also used in TV Picture Tubes, GLS lamps and Ophthalmic glasses. Dyes industries and other Potassium based chemicals

Industries and related products

Description 

Potassium carbonate (K2CO3) is a white salt, soluble in water (insoluble in ethanol) which forms a strongly alkaline solution. It can be made as the product of potassium hydroxide's absorbent reaction with carbon dioxide.

Physical Properties

Molecular Weight               138.205 g/mol
Melting point 891 °C
pH 11,0 - 13 at 138 g/l at 25 °C
Water solubility 138 g/l at 20 °C - completely soluble 
Density 2,428 g/cm3

Uses

  • Potassium carbonate is used as a mild drying agent.
  • Used in the making of grass jelly.
  • Used to produce Dutch process chocolate by alkalization.
  • Used in the production of wire or mead by acting as a buffering agent.
  • Used to soften hard water.
  • Used in welding fluxes.
  • Used as a fire suppressant.

Dosage

Potassium Carbonate is Soluble in water and insoluble in Alcohol and having Melting point 891 degree C. Potassium carbonate is a potassium salt that is the dipotassium salt of carbonic acid. It has a role as a catalyst, a fertilizer and a flame retardant.

Also known as

K2CO3, Carbonate of potash, Dipotassium carbonate, Sub-carbonate of potash, Pearl ash, Potash, Salt of tartar, Salt of wormwood.

Notes

Potassium carbonate K2CO3 MSDS and Specification are available on request through mail. Also known as potash or pearl ash, it may be used in pharmaceutical laboratories as a drying agent. It also used in fire extinguishers, to make soap, to make glass, and to soften water. All carbonate salts are on the FDA generally regarded as safe list.

Remarks

Potassium Carbonate is an inorganic compound. Potassium carbonate White powder with specific gravity of 2.428 at 19oC

Where we supply

Oman. Stocked at our warehouse in Barka, South Al Batinah, and supplied to Muscat, Ruwi, Mutrah, Seeb, Rusayl, Barka, Sohar, Shinas, Saham, Buraimi, Nizwa, Ibri, Sur, Salalah, Duqm, Khasab and every other governorate.

Ports and free zones. Port Sultan Qaboos (Mutrah), Mina Al Fahal, Sohar Port and Freezone, Port of Salalah and Salalah Free Zone, Port of Duqm and the Duqm Special Economic Zone, Port of Sur, Khasab Port and Al Mazunah Free Zone.

Industrial areas. Rusayl, Sohar, Barka (Sanaya), Raysut (Salalah), Nizwa, Sur, Buraimi and Duqm industrial estates, Knowledge Oasis Muscat, and oil and gas sites across Oman.

Beyond Oman. We have branches in the UAE (including Fujairah) and in India (Kandla, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Mumbai), and we also supply to South Africa.