POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
CAS NO:7447-40-7
EC NO:231-211-8
E number:E508
Potassium is a mineral that is found in many foods and is needed for several functions of your body, especially the beating of your heart.
Potassium chloride is used to prevent or to treat low blood levels of potassium (hypokalemia).
Potassium chloride (KCl, or potassium salt) is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine.
Potassium chloride is odorless and has a white or colorless vitreous crystal appearance.
The solid dissolves readily in water, and Potassium chlorides solutions have a salt-like taste.
Potassium chloride can be obtained from ancient dried lake deposits.
KCl is used as a fertilizer, in medicine, in scientific applications, and in food processing, where Potassium chloride may be known as E number additive E508.
Potassium chloride occurs naturally as the mineral sylvite, and in combination with sodium chloride as sylvinite.
The majority of the potassium chloride produced is used for making fertilizer, called potash, since the growth of many plants is limited by potassium availability.
Potassium chloride sold as fertilizer is known as muriate of potash (MOP).
The vast majority of potash fertilizer worldwide is sold as MOP.
Medical use of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Main article: Potassium chloride (medical use)
Potassium is vital in the human body, and potassium chloride by mouth is the common means to treat low blood potassium, although Potassium chloride can also be given intravenously.
Potassium chloride is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines.
Overdose causes hyperkalemia which can disrupt cell signaling to the extent that the heart will stop, reversibly in the case of some open heart surgeries.
Culinary use of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Potassium chloride can be used as a salt substitute for food, but due to Potassium chlorides weak, bitter, unsalty flavor, Potassium chloride is often mixed with ordinary table salt (sodium chloride) to improve the taste to form low sodium salt.
The addition of 1 ppm of thaumatin considerably reduces this bitterness.
Complaints of bitterness or a chemical or metallic taste are also reported with potassium chloride used in food.
Industrial
As a chemical feedstock, Potassium chloride is used for the manufacture of potassium hydroxide and potassium metal.
Potassium chloride is also used in medicine, lethal injections, scientific applications, food processing, soaps, and as a sodium-free substitute for table salt for people concerned about the health effects of sodium.
Potassium chloride is used as a supplement in animal feed to boost the potassium level in the feed.
As an added benefit, Potassium chloride is known to increase milk production.
Potassium chloride is sometimes used in solution as a completion fluid in petroleum and natural gas operations, as well as being an alternative to sodium chloride in household water softener units.
Glass manufacturers use granular potash as a flux, lowering the temperature at which a mixture melts.
Because potash imparts excellent clarity to glass, Potassium chloride is commonly used in eyeglasses, glassware, televisions, and computer monitors.
Potassium chloride is useful as a beta radiation source for calibration of radiation monitoring equipment, because natural potassium contains 0.0118% of the isotope 40K.
One kilogram of Potassium chloride yields 16350 becquerels of radiation, consisting of 89.28% beta and 10.72% gamma, with 1.46083 MeV.
In order to use off-the-shelf materials, Potassium chloride needs to be crystallized sequentially, using controlled temperature, in order to extract Potassium chloride, which is the subject of ongoing research.
Potassium chloride also emits a relatively low level of 511 keV gamma rays from positron annihilation, which can be used to calibrate medical scanners.
Potassium chloride is used in some de-icing products designed to be safer for pets and plants, though these are inferior in melting quality to calcium chloride [lowest usable temperature 12 °F (−11 °C) v. −25 °F (−32 °C)]. It is also used in various brands of bottled water.
Potassium chloride was once used as a fire extinguishing agent, used in portable and wheeled fire extinguishers.
Known as Super-K dry chemical, it was more effective than sodium bicarbonate-based dry chemicals and was compatible with protein foam.
This agent fell out of favor with the introduction of potassium bicarbonate (Purple-K) dry chemical in the late 1960s, which was much less corrosive, as well as more effective.
Potassium chloride is rated for B and C fires.
Along with sodium chloride and lithium chloride, potassium chloride is used as a flux for the gas welding of aluminium.
Potassium chloride is also an optical crystal with a wide transmission range from 210 nm to 20 µm. While cheap, KCl crystals are hygroscopic.
This limits Potassium chlorides application to protected environments or short-term uses such as prototyping. Exposed to free air, KCl optics will “rot”.
Whereas KCl components were formerly used for infrared optics, Potassium chloride has been entirely replaced by much tougher crystals such as zinc selenide.
Chemical properties
Solubility
Potassium chloride is soluble in a variety of polar solvents.
Solutions of Potassium chloride are common standards, for example for calibration of the electrical conductivity of (ionic) solutions, since KCl solutions are stable, allowing for reproducible measurements.
In aqueous solution, Potassium chloride is essentially fully ionized into solvated K+ and Cl– ions.
Redox and the conversion to potassium metal
Although potassium is more electropositive than sodium, KCl can be reduced to the metal by reaction with metallic sodium at 850 °C because the more volatile potassium can be removed by distillation (see Le Chatelier’s principle):
KCl(l) + Na(l) ⇌ NaCl(l) + K(g)
This method is the main method for producing metallic potassium.
Electrolysis (used for sodium) fails because of the high solubility of potassium in molten KCl.
Physical properties
Potassium chloride adopts a face-centered cubic structure.
Potassium chlorides lattice constant is roughly 6.3 Å. Crystals cleave easily in three directions.
Some other properties are
Transmission range: 210 nm to 20 µm
Transmittivity = 92% at 450 nm and rises linearly to 94% at 16 µm
Refractive index = 1.456 at 10 µm
Reflection loss = 6.8% at 10 µm (two surfaces)
dN/dT (expansion coefficient)= −33.2×10−6/°C
dL/dT (refractive index gradient)= 40×10−6/°C
Thermal conductivity = 0.036 W/(cm·K)
Damage threshold (Newman and Novak): 4 GW/cm2 or 2 J/cm2 (0.5 or 1 ns pulse rate); 4.2 J/cm2 (1.7 ns pulse rate Kovalev and Faizullov)
As with other compounds containing potassium, KCl in powdered form gives a lilac flame.
Potassium chloride is extracted from minerals sylvite, carnallite, and potash.
Potassium chloride is also extracted from salt water and can be manufactured by crystallization from solution, flotation or electrostatic separation from suitable minerals.
Potassium chloride is a by-product of the production of nitric acid from potassium nitrate and hydrochloric acid.
The vast majority of potassium chloride is produced as agricultural and industrial grade potash in Saskatchewan, Canada, as well as Russia and Belarus.
Saskatchewan alone accounted for over 25% of the world’s potash production in 2017.
Laboratory methods
Potassium chloride is inexpensively available and is rarely prepared intentionally in the laboratory.
Potassium chloride can be generated by treating potassium hydroxide (or other potassium bases) with hydrochloric acid:
KOH + HCl → KCl + H2O
This conversion is an acid-base neutralization reaction. The resulting salt can then be purified by recrystallization.
Another method would be to allow potassium to burn in the presence of chlorine gas, also a very exothermic reaction:
2 K + Cl2 → 2 KCl
Properties
Chemical formula KCl
Molar mass 74.555 g·mol−1
Appearance white crystalline solid
Odor odorless
Density 1.984 g/cm3
Melting point 770 °C (1,420 °F; 1,040 K)
Boiling point 1,420 °C (2,590 °F; 1,690 K)
Solubility in water
277.7 g/L (0 °C)
339.7 g/L (20 °C)
540.2 g/L (100 °C)
Solubility Soluble in glycerol, alkalies
Slightly soluble in alcohol Insoluble in ether
Solubility in ethanol 0.00288 g/L (25 °C)
Acidity (pKa) ~7
Magnetic susceptibility (χ) −39.0·10−6 cm3/mol
Refractive index (nD) 1.4902 (589 nm)
Potassium Chloride is a metal halide composed of potassium and chloride.
Potassium maintains intracellular tonicity, is required for nerve conduction, cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle contraction, production of energy, the synthesis of nucleic acids, maintenance of blood pressure and normal renal function.
This agent has potential antihypertensive effects and when taken as a nutritional supplement may prevent hypokalemia.
Potassium chloride appears as white colorless cubic crystals.
Strong saline taste.
Potassium chloride is a metal chloride salt with a K(+) counterion.
Potassium chloride has a role as a fertilizer.
Potassium chloride is a potassium salt and an inorganic chloride.
Household & Commercial/Institutional Products
Information on 264 consumer products that contain Potassium chloride in the following categories is provided:
• Auto Products
• Inside the Home
• Landscaping/Yard
• Personal Care
• Pesticides
• Pet Care
Industry Uses of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal)
Intermediates
Laboratory chemicals
Metal Feed Material
Plating agents and surface treating agents
Processing aids, not otherwise listed
Processing aids, specific to petroleum production
Consumer Uses of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Agricultural products (non-pesticidal)
Air care products
Anti-freeze and de-icing products
Building/construction materials not covered elsewhere
Electrical and electronic products
Food processing
Laboratory Use
Metal products not covered elsewhere
Non-TSCA use
Paints and coatings
Paper products
Plastic and rubber products not covered elsewhere
Industry Processing Sectors
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Oil and gas drilling, extraction, and support activities
Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing
Primary metal manufacturing
Services
CAS number 7447-40-7
EC number 231-211-8
Grade ACS,ISO,Reag. Ph Eur
Hill Formula ClK
Chemical formula KCl
Molar Mass 74.56 g/mol
Boiling point 1413 °C (1013 hPa)
Density 1.98 g/cm3 (20.0 °C)
Melting Point 770 °C
pH value 5.5 – 8.5 (50.0 g/l, H₂O, 20.0 °C)
Bulk density 1000 kg/m3
Solubility 347 g/l
What is potassium chloride, and how does Potassium chloride work (mechanism of action)?
Potassium preparations are used for supplementing potassium in order to treat or prevent low potassium levels in the blood (hypokalemia).
Potassium is a major mineral (electrolyte) that is important for the function of every cell in the body.
For example, Potassium chloride is important in nerve conduction, muscle contraction, and kidney function.
Normal daily dietary intake of potassium is 40-150 mEq. Potassium deficiency occurs when potassium loss exceeds intake.
Potassium depletion may be caused by excessive vomiting or diarrhea, diabetic ketoacidosis, diuretics (for example, furosemide [Lasix]), starvation, and rare disorders of the adrenal glands.
Potassium chloride is a medicine used to prevent or treat low potassium levels in the body.
Potassium is a mineral that your body needs for proper functioning of the heart, muscles, kidneys, nerves, and digestive system.
Certain diseases, illnesses, and drugs can remove potassium from the body.
Potassium chloride works by replacing lost potassium and preventing a deficiency.
Foods with potassium chloride
According to Caroline West Passerrello, MS, RDN, LDN, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, potassium chloride can be found not only in salt substitutes, but also in these foods:
snack bars
soups
potato chips
cereals
frozen entrees
What is potassium chloride?
Answer: Potassium chloride is a common, naturally occurring mineral.
Potassium chloride is typically extracted from the ground via solution potash mining; that is, water is injected into the ground where potassium chloride deposits exist, the water dissolves the potassium chloride and the saturated brine is pumped back to the surface and the water is evaporated leaving the potassium chloride behind.
Potassium chloride may also be extracted from the sea, in a similar process that is used to produce some sea salts.
Potassium chloride is one of the minerals present in sea water that can be extracted through traditional solar evaporation.
Is potassium chloride safe to eat?
Answer: Yes. Potassium chloride has been affirmed as Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a multipurpose ingredient in foods with no limitation other than current good manufacturing practice (cGMP), which means food manufacturers can use it at levels necessary to achieve its intended technological effect in a food product.
Is potassium chloride harmful to me?
Answer: The safety of oral consumption of potassium chloride is supported by its long history of use in foods, and its regulatory acceptance for food use in the U.S. and by numerous international scientific bodies and regulatory authorities.
The acceptable daily intake (ADI) for chloride salts (including potassium chloride) is “not limited,” which is indicative of their very low toxicity to humans.
What is potassium chloride used for in food?
Answer: According to the GRAS-affirmed uses of potassium chloride, it is used as a flavor enhancer, flavoring agent, nutrient supplement, pH control agent, and stabilizer or thickener.
However, potassium chloride is used for two main purposes in food products.
The first is to provide potassium enrichment to foods.
The second is as a salt replacer to reduce the sodium content in foods.
Like salt (aka sodium chloride), potassium chloride provides a salty flavor and can also often play other functional roles (e.g. microbial management, protein modification, flavor enhancement) that impacts the taste, texture, and shelf life of food products.
What are some food products that contain potassium chloride?
Answer: Potassium chloride is widely used as a salt replacer or to provide potassium enrichment in many different food products including:
Baby formulas
Cereals
Frozen entrees
Meats
Snack foods, such as chips or crisps
Sports/electrolyte drinks
Soups
Sauces
Snack/meal bars
What are other non-food uses of potassium chloride?
Answer: By far the largest use for potassium chloride is as a fertilizer.
Like humans and many other living organisms, plants also need potassium to flourish. Fertilizer/industrial grade potassium chloride is commonly referred to as potash.
Potassium chloride is also used in the pharmaceutical industry in dialysis fluids, among other things.
Potassium chloride in dialysis fluid helps keep the body’s electrolytes in balance.
Is there another way to reduce salt/sodium without using potassium chloride?
Answer: For home cooking, one could use herbs and seasonings to provide flavor to foods.
For commercially prepared items, flavors and herbs may provide or enhance the taste of foods; but, a food manufacturer would still need to consider the other basic functional roles of salt (e.g., texture, microbial management) in the food product.
Depending on the functional role, one may be able use other non-sodium substitutes, e.g. magnesium chloride and calcium chloride; however, they can sometimes create “off” flavors.
Agricultural use POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Potassium chloride is the most widely applied K fertilizer because of its relatively low cost and because it includes more K than most other sources: 50 to 52 percent K (60 to 63 percent K₂O) and 45 to 47 percent Cl⁻.
More than 90 percent of global potash production goes into plant nutrition.
Farmers spread KCL onto the soil surface prior to tillage and planting.
Potassium chloride may also be applied in a concentrated band near the seed. Since dissolving fertilizer will increase the soluble salt concentration, banded KCl is placed to the side of the seed to avoid damaging the germinating plant.
Potassium chloride rapidly dissolves in soil water.
The K⁺ will be retained on the negatively charged cation exchange sites of clay and organic matter.
The Cl⁻ portion will readily move with the water.
An especially pure grade of KCl can be dissolved for fluid fertilizers or applied through irrigation systems.
Potassium chloride is found in various shades and particle sizes.
Potassium chloride is primarily used as a source of K nutrition.
However, there are regions where plants respond favorably to application of Cl⁻.
Potassium chloride is usually the preferred material to meet this need.
There are no significant impacts on water or air associated with normal application rates of KCl.
Elevated salt concentrations surrounding the dissolving fertilizer may be the most important factor to consider.
Non-agricultural use POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Potassium is essential for human and animal health.
Potassium chloride can be used as a salt substitute for individuals on a restricted salt (sodium chloride) diet.
Potassium chloride is used as a deicing agent and has a fertilizing value after the ice melts.
Potassium chloride is also used in water softeners to replace calcium in water.
Production
Deeply buried potash deposits exist throughout the world.
The dominant mineral is sylvite mixed with halite (sodium chloride), which forms a mixed mineral called sylvinite.
Most K minerals are harvested from ancient marine deposits deep beneath the Earth’s surface.
They are then transported to a processing facility where the ore is crushed and the K salts are separated from the sodium salts.
The color of Potassium chloride can vary from red to white, depending on the source of the sylvinite ore.
The reddish tint comes from trace amounts of iron oxide.
There are no agronomic differences between the red and white forms of Potassium chloride.
Some Potassium chloride is produced by injecting hot water deep into the ground to dissolve the soluble sylvinite mineral and then pumping the brine back to the surface, where the water evaporates.
Solar evaporation is used to recover valuable potash salts from brine water in Utah’s Dead Sea and Great Salt Lake, for example.
Potassium chloride is the most widely used potassium source worldwide, and due to its continuous use, the accumulation of its salts in the soil and in plants is becoming more common.
Excess available ions can cause a series of physiological disturbances in organisms and can become a biocide in the soil.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the application of KCl and banana crop residues on soil chloride content, microbial activity, and soil ammonification.
About this substance
Helpful information
Potassium chloride is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 10 000 to < 100 000 tonnes per annum.
Potassium chloride is used by consumers, in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Potassium chloride is used in the following products: laboratory chemicals.
Potassium chloride to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use as reactive substance and indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters).
Article service life
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. flooring, furniture, toys, construction materials, curtains, foot-wear, leather products, paper and cardboard products, electronic equipment).
This substance can be found in products with material based on: plastic (e.g. food packaging and storage, toys, mobile phones) and paper (e.g. tissues, feminine hygiene products, nappies, books, magazines, wallpaper).
Widespread uses by professional workers
Potassium chloride is used in the following products: laboratory chemicals, pH regulators and water treatment products and fertilisers.
Potassium chloride is used in the following areas: scientific research and development, health services and agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Potassium chloride is used for the manufacture of: chemicals.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures, formulation in materials, in processing aids at industrial sites and in the production of articles.
Potassium chloride to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners) and outdoor use.
Formulation or re-packing
Potassium chloride is used in the following products: pH regulators and water treatment products, laboratory chemicals, metal surface treatment products, non-metal-surface treatment products and paper chemicals and dyes.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures, manufacturing of the substance, formulation in materials, in processing aids at industrial sites, in the production of articles, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), as processing aid, for thermoplastic manufacture, as processing aid and of substances in closed systems with minimal release.
Uses at industrial sites
Potassium chloride is used in the following products: laboratory chemicals, fertilisers and pH regulators and water treatment products.
Potassium chloride has an industrial use resulting in manufacture of another substance (use of intermediates).
Potassium chloride is used in the following areas: formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging, health services and scientific research and development.
Potassium chloride is used for the manufacture of: chemicals and plastic products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), as processing aid, manufacturing of the substance, in the production of articles and of substances in closed systems with minimal release.
Manufacture
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance, in processing aids at industrial sites, formulation of mixtures, formulation in materials, in the production of articles, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), as processing aid, for thermoplastic manufacture, as processing aid and of substances in closed systems with minimal release.
IUPAC names
Kelp salt
Kelp salt , muriate of potash
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Potassium Chloride
Potassium chloride
potassium chloride
Potassium chloride
potassium chloride
potassium cloride
potassium; chloride
potassium;chloride
Reaction mass of potassium and chlorine
Reaction mass of potassium chloride and sodium chloride EC: 913-353-9
Potassium Chloride (Klor-Con M, K-Tab, Klor-Con, Micro-K) is a potassium supplement used to prevent and to treat low potassium.
Potassium is important for the heart, muscles, and nerves. Too much or too little potassium in the body can cause serious problems.
Potassium chloride is more popular than comparable drugs.
Empirical formula KCl
Molar mass (M) 74,56 g/mol
Density (D) 1,98 g/cm³
Boiling point (bp) 1413 °C
Melting point (mp) 773 °C
Preparation of Potassium Chloride
Potassium chloride can be directly extracted from some minerals such as carnallite, sylvite, and potash.
This compound can also be extracted from seawater.Potassium chloride is produced as a by-product during the synthesis of nitric acid from hydrochloric acid and potassium nitrate.
In the laboratory,Potassium chloride can be prepared by reacting bases of potassium (such as potassium hydroxide) with hydrochloric acid.
The ensuing acid-base neutralization reaction will yield water and potassium chloride as the products.
Properties of Potassium Chloride
In the solid-state,Potassium chloride is readily soluble in many polar solvents, including water.
The salt is ionized into the K+ cation and the Cl– anions in these polar solvents.
Some other physical and chemical properties of potassium chloride are discussed in this subsection.
Physical Properties
The crystals of potassium chloride are made up of face-centred cubic (FCC) unit cells.
The molar mass of KCl is 74.5513 grams/mol.
Potassium chlorides density in the solid, crystalline form is 1.984 grams per cubic centimetre.
The melting and boiling points of potassium chloride are 1040 K and 1690 K respectively.
At 0oC, 20oC, and 100oC, the solubility of KCl in water corresponds to 217.1 g/L, 253.9 g/L, and 360.5 g/L respectively.
Potassium chloride is highly soluble in alcohols but not soluble in ether (organic compounds with the formula R-O-R’).
Chemical Properties
Since potassium chloride is completely ionized into K+ and Cl– ions in water, the resulting aqueous solution exhibit high values of electrical conductivity.
The reduction of potassium chloride into metallic can be achieved with the help of metallic sodium, despite the lower electropositivity of sodium when compared to potassium.
Potassium chloride is achieved by heating the KCl with metallic sodium to a temperature of 850 o
The chemical equation for this reaction is: KCl + Na ⇌ NaCl + K
Potassium chloride can be noted that when the solid form of potassium chloride is subjected to a flame test, it burns with a pale violet or a lilac-coloured flame, as is the case with most other potassium-containing compounds.
Uses of Potassium Chloride
Potassium chloride has a wide range of medical and industrial applications.
Potassium chloride is also an integral part of fertilizer production.
Potassium chloride is used in the manufacture of potash, an important form of fertilizer that enriches soils with potassium which promotes the growth of plant life.
Potassium availability is usually the key inhibitor for plant growth.
Potassium chloride, acting as a source of potassium, can increase the availability of potassium in the soil.
The potash fertilizers made from KCl (called Muriate of Potash, or MOP) make up the majority of potash fertilizers sold worldwide.
The medical treatment of low blood pressure commonly employs potassium chloride as a part of the medication.
Potassium chloride is used as a salt substitute in food where a low concentration of sodium in the salt is desired in order to reduce the risk of high blood pressure.
Potassium chloride is one of the important raw materials required in the manufacture of potassium metal.
The metal halide salt Potassium chloride is also used in the manufacture of soaps. Water softening units can involve the use of potassium chloride as an alternative to sodium chloride as well.
The use of potassium chloride as a source of beta radiation is extremely useful in calibrating radiation monitoring equipment.
The flux required in the oxy-fuel welding of aluminium consists of potassium chloride along with the chloride salts of lithium and sodium.
Potassium chloride has the potential to be used as a fire extinguishing agent was initially used in portable and wheeled fire extinguishers.
Potassium chloride was referred to as the Super-K dry chemical and was known to be more effective when compared to sodium bicarbonate-based dry chemicals for this purpose.
Furthermore, potassium chloride is known to be compatible with protein foam.
However, the use of potassium chloride for this purpose gradually reduced with the introduction of potassium bicarbonate (also referred to as Purple-K) dry chemical towards the end of the 1960s.
Purple-K was found to be far less corrosive (and more effective) than potassium chloride for this purpose.
Potassium chloride (KCI) is a white crystal or crystalline powder metal halide salt composed of potassium and chloride.
The solid odorless, white, or colorless vitreous crystals readily dissolve in water.
Potassium chlorides solutions have a salt-like taste.
The non-combustible compound is used in the manufacture of buffers, fertilizers, and explosives as well as in medicine, food processing, and scientific applications.
DESCRIPTION
Potassium chloride is a metal halide salt with the molecular formula KCI or CIK.
Potassium chlorides CAS is 7447-40-7. The white, colorless crystals are soluble in water and insoluble in ethanol.
Industrial uses of Potassium chloride include:
Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal)
Intermediates
Laboratory chemicals
Plating agents and surface treating agents
Processing aids, not otherwise listed
Processing aids, specific to petroleum production
Consumer uses include:
Agricultural Products (non-pesticidal)
Anti-Freeze and De-icing Products
Building/Construction Materials not covered elsewhere
Electrical and Electronic Products
Metal Products not covered elsewhere
Paints and Coatings
Water Treatment Products
Potassium chloride is produced in quantity from mined potash ores and from salt-containing surface waters.
The chemical is extracted from minerals sylvite, carnallite, and potash.
Potassium chloride is a by-product of nitric acid production from potassium nitrate and hydrochloric acid.
Potassium chloride (poe-TAS-ee-yum KLOR-ide) occurs as a white or colorless crystalline solid or powder.
Potassium chloride is odorless, but has a strong saline (salty) taste.
Potassium chloride occurs naturally in the minerals sylvite, carnallite, kainite, and sylvinite.
Potassium chloride also occurs in sea water at a concentration of about 0.076 percent (grams per milliliter of solution).
Potassium chloride is the most abundant compound of the element potassium and has the greatest number of applications of any salt of potassium.
By far the most important application of potassium chloride is in the manufacture of fertilizers.
Potassium chloride and sodium chloride is a combination mineral supplement that may be helpful in reducing tiredness, muscle cramps, or heat prostration that can occur when you sweat more than usual.
This product is often used for outdoor recreational activities performed in high heat, or indoors anywhere high temperatures can cause you to become overheated.
Potassium Chloride is an excellent water soluble crystalline Potassium source for uses compatible with chlorides..
Chloride compounds can conduct electricity when fused or dissolved in water.
Chloride materials can be decomposed by electrolysis to chlorine gas and the metal.
They are formed through various chlorination processes whereby at least one chlorine anion (Cl-) is covalently bonded to the relevant metal or cation.
Ultra high purity and proprietary formulations can be prepared.
The chloride ion controls fluid equilibrium and pH levels in metabolic systems.
They can form either inorganic or organic compounds.
Potassium Chloride is generally immediately available in most volumes.
High purity, submicron and nanopowder forms may be considered.
Potassium chloride (KCl) is a water-soluble metal salt that comprises of potassium and chlorine.
Potassium chloride can be extracted from minerals and salt water.
KCl can be used in industries such as cosmetics, food, biomedical, chemical and fertilizer.
Application
May be used for the preparation of phosphate buffered saline, and for the extraction and solubilization of proteins.
Potassium chloride naturally occurs as a white or colorless solid that has a powdery, crystalline appearance.
Potassium chlorides chemical formula is KCl, consists of one potassium (K) atom and one chlorine (Cl) atom.
An ionic compound is made of a metal element and a nonmetal element.
In potassium chloride, the metal element is potassium (K) and the nonmetal element is chlorine (Cl), so we can say that KCl is an ionic compound.
Imagine what happens when a potassium (K) atom meets a chlorine (Cl) atom.
The K atom will lose one electron and acquire a positive charge, so it will become a positive ion with a charge of +1, written as K+.
The Cl atom will gain an electron and acquire a negative charge, so it’s going to become a negative ion with a charge of -1, written as Cl-.
Potassium chloride is a salt consisting of a positive ion (K+) and negative ion (Cl-).
Here, we can see that KCl consists of a positive ion (K+) and a negative ion (Cl-). Salts are ionic compounds consisting of positive and negative ions.
Because potassium chloride has ions of opposite charges, potassium chloride is classified as a salt.
Uses of Potassium Chloride
Potassium chloride has so many uses in different areas even though it tends to go unnoticed by most people! Let’s take a look at some common uses of potassium chloride.
Do you have a flower garden or a vegetable garden that you maintain?
If you do, then you’ve probably gone to the store to buy fertilizer.
Some plants need potassium to grow. Muriate of Potash (MOP) is a type of fertilizer that’s made of potassium chloride (KCl).
Potassium chloride’s got around 50% potassium (K) and 46% of chlorine (Cl).
Potassium chloride is used as a fertilizer.
But what makes potassium chloride a good fertilizer?
Potassium chloride’s the potassium! Potassium can be really helpful in plant growth and reproduction.
This type of fertilizer is also great for soil that has low chlorine (Cl) content.
By having just the right amount of chlorine content in the soil, the crops will be resistant to disease.
Potassium chloride can also be used as a treatment for hypokalemia.
In order for the cells in our body to function properly, our blood needs to have normal potassium levels.
There are people who suffer from potassium deficiency in the blood, a condition known as hypokalemia.
To treat this condition, potassium chloride pills are taken to balance the blood’s potassium levels to a normal amount.
Potassium chloride can also be used as a food additive.
If you’ve ever looked at the ingredients of many foods we eat, you’ve probably seen potassium chloride make an appearance.
In some foods like soups, sauces, cereal, and sports drinks, Potassium chloride’s used instead of salt to provide our bodies with potassium.
Potassium chloride’s also used as a firming agent to give a good and consistent texture to food and to strengthen its structure.
Potassium chloride’s even used as a flavor enhancer in chocolate milk, cheese, and cream.
Features
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Product description
Potassium chloride, KCl, is generally used in laboratory routines.
Potassium chlorides use as a storage buffer for pH electrodes and as a reference solution for conductivity measurements is well established.
Applications
Multi-purpose routine laboratory reagent
Storage buffer for pH electrodes
Reference solution for conductivity
What is Potassium Chloride (KCL)?
Potassium chloride is just one of the chemical compounds.
The element potassium chloride is formed by the reaction of the element potassium and the element chlorine.
Potassium chloride has the formula KCI.
Potassium chloride is a chemical compound consisting of white crystals.
Potassium chloride is a chemical compound that is completely odorless in its pure form.
Potassium chloride boils at 1420 degrees and starts to melt at 770 degrees.
What Is Potassium Chloride (KCL) Used For?
Potassium chloride is among the most important elements for human health.
Potassium chloride is extremely important for the formation of a healthy nervous system.
Potassium fluorides also directly affect muscle health.
Potassium chloride provides the function of the muscles. Potassium chloride is also used to maintain the pH of body fluids.
Potassium chloride element is also used in electrolysis.
This element is also used in food production and fertilizer production.
Another area where potassium chloride is used is drilling activities.
Potassium chloride is preferred for drilling mud in drilling.
Definition and Usage Areas:
Potassium Chloride is a chemical compound consisting of potassium chloride, a combination of the elements potassium and chlorine.
In chemistry, Potassium chlorides symbol is shown as KCl.
The pure state of this element, which consists of white crystals, is odorless.
Potassium chloride, a salt, has a high solubility in water.
Potassium chloride is an essential element for the human body.
Proper distribution of the pH of all body fluids and a healthy nervous system ensure muscle function.
Low chloride levels cause alkalinization of body fluids and potassium deficiency in the urine.
Potassium Chloride is taken from the outside in case of potassium deficiency that occurs when potassium is thrown out of the body or potassium is not taken under normal conditions.
In this way, there are potassium chloride drugs in ampoule form on the market.
Some diseases that cause potassium loss are diarrhea, vomiting, gastrointestinal fistulas, primary and secondary hyperaldosteronism, chronic protein degradation.
Potassium chlorides symptoms are severe muscle weakness, tachycardia, hyporeflexia, and rapid and rapid breathing.
Usage areas POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Drilling Potassium chloride is used as a stabilizer in water-based mud drilling-drilling.
Potassium chloride can also be used in oil production.
In electrolysis coating In acid baths, when high voltage is provided with potassium chloride, more coating can be done in less time.
Potassium chloride is used together with sulfonic acids in azo/textile dyes.
Heat treatment For materials that cannot be surface treated by soldering/sandblasting, in heat treatment processes (especially aluminum sheets)
Surface treatment, galvanization, casting, melting are used in metallurgy.
In addition, aluminum wastes are melted using potassium chloride and sodium chloride (salt), so that unnecessary waste is removed in it.
Aluminum waste becomes high quality as a result.
In Water Softening, Potassium Chloride is used to remove calcium and magnesium ions that cause water hardness from water.
Potassium chloride is also used in the fields of Food and Fertilizer.
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