Potassium bromide

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

300

Agency

reag. Ph. Eur.

vapor pressure

1.3 hPa ( 795 °C)

product line

EMSURE^®

Assay

≥99.5% (silver nitrate titration)
99.5-100.5% dry basis (silver nitrate titration)

form

solid

potency

>2000 mg/kg LD₅₀ oral (Rat)

impurities

≤0.005% Insoluble matter

loss

≤0.5% loss on drying 105°C

pH

5.5-8.5 (20 °C 50 g/L in H₂O)

bp

1435 °C/1013 hPa

mp

730 °C

solubility

650 g/L

density

2.75 g/cm³ at 20 °C

bulk density

900‑1000 kg/m³

anion traces

bromate (BrO₃^–): ≤0.001%
bromate (BrO₃^–): passes test
chloride (Cl^–): ≤0.1%
iodate (IO₃^–): ≤0.001%
iodide (I^–): ≤0.001%passes test
sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤0.005%

cation traces

Ba: ≤0.002%
Ca: ≤0.001%
Fe: ≤0.0005%
Hg: ≤0.000001%
Mg: ≤0.001%
Mg: ≤0.02% (alkaline-earth metals (as Ca))
Na: ≤0.02%
heavy metals (as Pb): ≤0.0005%

storage temp.

2-30°C

InChI

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

InChI key

IOLCXVTUBQKXJR-UHFFFAOYSA-M