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Potassium hydroxide

puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. ISO, ≥85%, ≤0.002% Na, pellets

Synonym(s):

Caustic potash

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Linear Formula:
KOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
56.11
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:

grade

ACS reagent
puriss. p.a.

Agency

reag. ISO

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 719 °C)

Assay

≥85%

form

pellets

impurities

≤0.0003% total nitrogen (N)
≤0.002% Na
≤1% K2CO3

mp

361 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤5 mg/kg
phosphate (PO43-): ≤5 mg/kg
silicate (as SiO2): ≤20 mg/kg
sulfate (SO42-): ≤5 mg/kg

cation traces

Al: ≤2 mg/kg
Ca: ≤5 mg/kg
Cd: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Cu: ≤1 mg/kg
Fe: ≤5 mg/kg
Mn: ≤0.5 mg/kg
Na: ≤20 mg/kg
Ni: ≤1 mg/kg
Pb: ≤1 mg/kg
Zn: ≤1 mg/kg

SMILES string

[OH-].[K+]

InChI

1S/K.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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Other Notes

A -D suffix exists for administrative purposes only.
All -D packages are 100% the same product, same quality, same specification as the package sizes previously sold without a -D.

Pictograms

CorrosionExclamation mark

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Shao-Long Sun et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 92(2), 2224-2231 (2013-02-13)
Sweet sorghum stem was successively extracted with water at 90 °C, 0.3, 0.6, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0% KOH aqueous solution, and 60% ethanol containing 2.5% KOH at 75 °C for 3 h, yielding 76.3% of the original hemicelluloses. Chemical composition
Andreu Fabregat et al.
Steroids, 78(3), 327-336 (2012-12-25)
The occurrence of several polyunsaturated testosterone related compounds (including 4,6-androstadien-3,17-dione and 4,6-androstadien-17β-ol-3-one) in urine after alkaline treatment of the sample has been recently reported. Although several experiments seem to indicate that they are testosterone metabolites, their origin is still unknown.
Rui-Lin Liu et al.
The Analyst, 137(21), 5135-5143 (2012-09-13)
A rapid and practical microwave-assisted one-step extraction-derivatization (MAED) method was developed for gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of fatty acids profile in herbal medicine. Several critical experimental parameters for MAED, including reaction temperature, microwave power and the amount of derivatization reagent
Rajat Sharma et al.
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 169(3), 761-772 (2013-01-01)
Chemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass has been extensively investigated for sugar generation and subsequent fuel production. Alkaline pretreatment has emerged as one of the popular chemical pretreatment methods, but most attempts thus far have utilized NaOH for the pretreatment process.
In-Seek Jeong et al.
Journal of food science, 77(10), C1042-C1046 (2012-09-18)
In this study, nonheated saponification was employed as a novel, rapid, and easy sample preparation method for the determination of cholesterol in emulsified foods. Cholesterol content was analyzed using gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector (GC-FID). The cholesterol extraction

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