Description
Potassium carbonate
ACS reagent, ≥99.0%
About This Item
Linear Formula:
K2CO3
CAS Number:
584-08-7
Molecular Weight:
138.21
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4267587
EC Number:
209-529-3
MDL number:
MFCD00011382
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
329752063
NACRES:
NA.21
Properties
grade
ACS reagent
Quality Level
200
assay
≥99.0%
form
powder or crystals
impurities
≤0.004% S compounds as (SO42-)
≤0.005% silica
≤0.01% insolubles
pH
11-13 (25 °C, 138 g/L)
mp
891 °C (lit.)
anion traces
chloride (Cl-): ≤0.003%
phosphate (PO43-): ≤0.001%
cation traces
Ca: ≤0.005%
Fe: ≤5 ppm
Mg: ≤0.002%
Na: ≤0.02%
heavy metals: ≤5 ppm (by ICP-OES)
SMILES string
[K+].[K+].[O-]C([O-])=O
InChI
1S/CH2O3.2K/c2-1(3)4;;/h(H2,2,3,4);;/q;2*+1/p-2
InChI key
BWHMMNNQKKPAPP-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Safety Information
pictograms
GHS07
signalword
Warning
hcodes
H315,H319,H335
pcodes
P261 - P264 - P271 - P280 - P302 + P352 - P305 + P351 + P338
Hazard Classifications
Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3
target_organs
Respiratory system
wgk_germany
WGK 1
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable