Name: Potassium Chloride

English name: Potassium chloride

Chemical formula: KCl

Molecular weight: 74.55

CAS Registry Number: 7447-40-7

EINECS accession number: 231-211-8

Melting point: 770°C

Boiling point: 1420℃

Density: 1.98g/mL

Exterior view: white crystalline powder

Flash point: 1500°C

use

1. Mainly used in the inorganic industry, it is the basic raw material for the production of various potassium salts or alkalis such as potassium hydroxide, potassium sulfate, potassium nitrate, potassium chlorate, and potassium sulphate.

2. In the pharmaceutical industry, it is used as a diuretic and medicine for preventing and treating potassium deficiency.

3. The dye industry is used to produce G salt, reactive dyes, etc.

4. Agriculture is a kind of potash fertilizer. Its fertilizer effect is fast, and it can be directly applied to the farmland, which can increase the moisture of the lower layer of the soil and have the effect of drought resistance. However, it is not suitable to be used in saline soil and to tobacco, sweet potato, sugar beet and other crops.

5. Potassium chloride has a taste similar to sodium chloride (bitterness), and it is also used as an additive for low sodium salt or mineral water. In addition, it is also used to manufacture muzzle or muzzle flame suppressant, steel heat treatment agent, and for photography.

6. It can be used in medicine, scientific applications, food processing, and some potassium chloride can be substituted for sodium chloride in table salt to reduce the possibility of high blood pressure.