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Potassium borohydride

99.9% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Potassium tetrahydroborate

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Linear Formula:
KBH4
CAS Number:
13762-51-1
Molecular Weight:
53.94
EC Number:
237-360-5
MDL number:
MFCD00011396
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
24867455
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

99.9% trace metals basis

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

impurities

≤1% Na

mp

500 °C (dec.) (lit.)

density

1.18 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[K+].[H][B-]([H])([H])[H]

InChI

1S/BH4.K/h1H4;/q-1;+1

InChI key

ICRGAIPBTSPUEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H260,H301,H314,H360FD

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Repr. 1B - Skin Corr. 1B - Water-react 1

Storage Class Code

4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Jesus R Medina et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 68(12), 4631-4642 (2003-06-07)
Representative organoborane mixtures were quantitatively converted to their borohydrides through their reaction with activated KH (KH), permitting their detailed analysis by (11)B NMR. Through the treatment of commercial KH with a THF solution of lithium aluminum hydride (LAH), a dramatic
Zhenli Zhu et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 607(2), 136-141 (2008-01-15)
A new atomizer based on atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma was specially designed for atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS) in order to be applied to the measurement of arsenic. The characteristics of the DBD atomizer and the effects of
Chuan Zhang et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 652(1-2), 143-147 (2009-09-30)
Room-temperature ionic liquid in combination with sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC) was used to synergetically improve the chemical vapor generation (CVG) of nickel. Volatile species of nickel were effectively generated through reduction of acidified analyte solution with KBH(4) in the presence of
P Vajeeston et al.
Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 11(3), 1929-1934 (2011-04-01)
Phase stability and chemical bonding of beta-NaBH4 and beta-KBH4 derived nano-structures and possible low energy surfaces of them from thin film geometry have been investigated using ab initio projected augmented plane wave method. Structural optimizations based on total energy calculations
Feng Li et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1081(2), 232-237 (2005-07-26)
A novel method for speciation analysis of inorganic arsenic was developed by on-line hyphenating microchip capillary electrophoresis (chip-CE) with hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HG-AFS). Baseline separation of As(III) and As(V) was achieved within 54 s by the chip-CE in
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