Customization: | Available |
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CAS No.: | 7447-40-7 |
Formula: | Kcl |
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Potassium chloride is colorless prismatic crystal or cube crystal or white crystalline powder, odorless, tasting salty, easily soluble in glycerine, slightly soluble in ethanol
Specification:Test Item | Unit | Standard |
Assay | % | 99.0Min. |
Arsenic | ppm | 3.0Max. |
Heavy Metal | ppm | 5.0Max. |
Loss on Drying | % | 1Max. |
Whiteness | - | 80 |
Chloride | % | 1.45Max. |
Water Insolubles | % | 0.05Max. |
Water Soluble Impurity | % | 0.5Max. |
Ammonium | % | 0.01Max. |
In food, potassium chloride is used as nutrition supplement agent, gelling agent, salt substitutes, yeast food. It is similar to edible salt used as flavour enhancers for the agricultural product, livestock forming product, zymotic product condiment, can, fast food and so on. Further more, potassium chloride is also used to enhance the potassium to prepare athletes beverage.
In industry, potassium chloride is mainly used in inorganic industry. It is used to produce potassium salts or alkali, like potassium hydroxide, potassium sulfate, potassium nitrate, etc.