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Potassium Hydroxide

Chemical Name Potassium Hydroxide
CAS Number 1310-58-3
Product Number OC000014
Molecular Formula HKO
Molecular Weight 56.10564

Potassium Hydroxide Usage:

1. Used for electroplating, carving, lithography, etc.

2. Used as raw material for potassium salt production, such as potassium permanganate and potassium carbonate.

3. In the pharmaceutical industry, it is used to produce potassium borohydride, spironolactone, saparinol, testosterone propionate, progesterone, vanillin, etc.

4. Used in the production of potassium soap, alkaline storage batteries and cosmetics in the light industry.

5. In the dye industry, it is used to produce vat dyes, such as vat RSN.

6. Used as an absorbent for analytical reagents, saponification reagents, carbon dioxide and water.

7. In the textile industry, it is used for printing and dyeing, bleaching and mercerizing, and is mainly used as the main raw material for manufacturing man-made fibers and polyester fibers. It is also used for manufacturing melamine dyes.

8. It is also used in metallurgical heating agent and leather degreasing.


Potassium Hydroxide Specification:

Item Flake
Standard Result
KOH 90.0 90.5
K2CO3 0.5 0.48
Chloride (Cl) 0.005 0.0045
Fe 0.0005 0.00043
Sulfate (SO42-) 0.005 0.0046
Nitrate& Nitrite (N) 0.0005 0.0048
Na 0.8 0.01
Phosphate (PO4) 0.005 0.0005
Silica (SiO3) 0.01 0.008
Al 0.002 0.002
Ca 0.005 ≤0.005
Ni 0.0005 ≤0.0005
Heavy Metal (as Pb) 0.002 ≤0.002

Potassium Hydroxide Package: 25kg bag, 1000kg bag, or as customer require.



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