Potassium hydroxide

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 719 °C)

Quality Level

300

product line

EMSURE^®

Assay

≥85.0% KOH basis (acidimetric)

form

solid

potency

333 mg/kg LD₅₀ oral (Rat)

pH

14 (20 °C 56 g/L in H₂O)

mp

361 °C (lit.)

solubility

1130 g/L

anion traces

carbonate (K₂CO₃): ≤1.0%
chloride (Cl^–): ≤0.005%
phosphate (PO₄^3-): ≤0.0005%
silicate (as SiO₂): ≤0.005%
sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤0.0005%

cation traces

Al: ≤0.001%
Ca: ≤0.001%
Cu: ≤0.0002%
Fe: ≤0.0005%
N: ≤0.0005%
Na: ≤0.5%
Ni: ≤0.0005%
Pb: ≤0.0005%
Zn: ≤0.0025%
heavy metals (as Pb): ≤0.0005%

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

[OH-].[K+]

InChI

1S/K.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M