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Potassium fluoride

anhydrous, powder, ≥99.9% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Potassium monofluoride, Potassium monofluoride (KF)

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5 g
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Linear Formula:
KF
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
58.10
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
232-151-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3902818
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99.9% trace metals basis
Grade:
anhydrous
Form:
powder
Solubility:
water: soluble (923 g/l at 18 °C (64 °F))

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grade

anhydrous

product line

Deposition System

assay

≥99.9% trace metals basis

form

powder

reaction suitability

core: potassium

impurities

≤1000.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

858 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble (923 g/l at 18 °C (64 °F))

cation traces

Cr: 1.6 ppm, Cs: 7.3 ppm, Cu: 0 ppm, Fe: 7.9 ppm, Li: 0.4 ppm, Mg: 0.3 ppm, Na: 514.2 ppm, Rb: 44.4 ppm

SMILES string

[F-].[K+]

InChI

1S/FH.K/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

NROKBHXJSPEDAR-UHFFFAOYSA-M

General description

Potassium fluoride is a white crystalline solid that is highly soluble in water. It is a strong base widely used in the field of catalysis, polymer synthesis, and semiconductor devices. KF has a relatively high melting point. It dissolves well in hydrofluoric acid. However, KF is insoluble in alcohol.

Application

A versatile fluoride ion source used in a study of ion-specific swelling and de-swelling of ampholytic polymer gels, in the room temperature oxidation of noble metals in HF, and in the measurement of electronic polarizabilities of ions in polymers of alkali halides.
Potassium fluoride can be used:
  • To fabricate CIGS thin films solar cells. Efficiency increased by up to 21.7% after KF postdeposition treatment. This was due to the formation of a K-containing layer on the CIGS surface, which resulted in increased surface reactivity due to the formation of a bilayer structure in which a K—In—Se species covers the CIGSe compound.
  • To fabricate 2D vanadium carbide MXene for supercapacitor electrodes.
  • To synthesize sulfonyl fluoride through electrochemical oxidative coupling.
  • As an electrolyte additive for Li-ion batteries.
  • As a catalyst for ring-opening fluorination of cyclic thioethers.
  • To synthesize solid base catalysts, KF/Ca−Mg−Al hydrotalcite for the production of Biodiesel via transesterification reactions.

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cation traces

Cu: 0 ppm, Rb: 44.4 ppm, Cr: 1.6 ppm, Li: 0.4 ppm, Fe: 7.9 ppm, Mg: 0.3 ppm, Na: 514.2 ppm, Cs: 7.3 ppm

cation traces

Li: ≤5 mg/kg, Mo: ≤5 mg/kg, Cd: ≤5 mg/kg, Cu: ≤5 mg/kg, Mn: ≤5 mg/kg, Mg: ≤5 mg/kg, Al: ≤5 mg/kg, Bi: ≤5 mg/kg, Sr: ≤5 mg/kg, As: ≤3 mg/kg, Ca: ≤10 mg/kg, Co: ≤5 mg/kg, Pb: ≤5 mg/kg, Zn: ≤5 mg/kg, Fe: ≤5 mg/kg, Ba: ≤5 mg/kg, Na: ≤2000 mg/kg, Cr: ≤5 mg/kg, Ni: ≤5 mg/kg

cation traces

Li: ≤5 mg/kg, Mo: ≤5 mg/kg, Cd: ≤5 mg/kg, Cu: ≤5 mg/kg, Mn: ≤5 mg/kg, Mg: ≤5 mg/kg, Al: ≤5 mg/kg, Bi: ≤5 mg/kg, Sr: ≤5 mg/kg, As: ≤3 mg/kg, Ca: ≤10 mg/kg, Co: ≤5 mg/kg, Pb: ≤5 mg/kg, Zn: ≤5 mg/kg, Fe: ≤5 mg/kg, Ba: ≤5 mg/kg, Na: ≤2000 mg/kg, Cr: ≤5 mg/kg, Ni: ≤5 mg/kg

cation traces

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Skull and crossbonesCorrosion

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point (°F)

Not applicable

Flash Point (°C)

Not applicable



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