Potassium Chloride

Potassium Chloride – General Introduction

 

Chemical Appearance:

Potassium chloride is a crystalline salt, appearing as a colorless or white solid.

 

Applications:

Potassium chloride has diverse applications across various industries:

 

– Fertilizers: Actively used as a potassium source in fertilizers, promoting plant growth and health.

– Medical Uses: Prescribed as a potassium supplement in medicine to address potassium deficiencies.

– Food Industry: Used as a salt substitute and nutrient enhancer in food processing.

– Water Softening: Applied in water softening processes to replace calcium and magnesium ions with potassium ions.

– Chemical Industry: Utilized in the chemical industry for various chemical syntheses.

– Oil and Gas Drilling: Used in oil and gas drilling fluids to control wellbore stability.

– Laboratory Reagent: Employed as a reagent in laboratories for specific experiments and analyses.

– De-icing Agent: Used in winter road maintenance as a de-icing agent to melt ice on road surfaces.

 

Specification

 

inspection standard	Q/CDKLHX1852-2019A
inspecting item	Standard requirements	The measured results
surface	Colorless or light yellow liquid	Light yellow liquid
Effective chlorine (in C1),%	≥10.0	10.8
Free base (in Na0H),%	0.2~1.0	0.3
Iron (Fe) / (mg / kg)	≤50	<50
Heavy metals (in Pbt) / (mg / kg)	Lack of 10	<10
Arsenic (As) / (mg / kg)	<1	<1

 

ITEM	INDEX	RESULT
Potassium chloride	99%min	99.2
K2O	60%min	62
Moisture	2.0%max	1.8
Water-insoluble	0.1%max	0.1
NaCI	1.2%max	1.0
Ca	0.2%max	0.2