Name: Potassium fluoride

Other name: anhydrous potassium fluoride, potassium fluoride salt

Chemical formula: KF

Molecular weight: 58.10

CAS registration number: 7789-23-3

EINECS registration number: 232-151-5

Melting point: 858°C (anhydrous)/41°C (two water)/19,3°C (three water)

Boiling point: 1502℃

Water solubility: 92 g/100 mL (18 °C) (anhydrous)

Density: 2.48 g/cm3

External view: colorless cubic crystal

Application: glass carving, food preservation, electroplating

Dangerous goods transport code: UN 1812 6.1/PG 3

application

1. Used for glass carving, food preservation, electroplating;

2. It can be used as welding flux, insecticide, catalyst, absorbent (absorbing HF and moisture), etc.;

3. Used as analytical reagent and complex forming agent. It is also the raw material for making potassium hydrogen fluoride;

4. It can be used as a fluorinating agent for organic compounds.