Complaint
| Appearance | White flake | White flake | |||||
| (KOH) Assay % | ≥90.0 | 90.4 | |||||
| (K2CO3) Carbonate (as K2CO3) % | ≤0.5 | 0.2 | |||||
| Chlorides(asCl) % | ≤0.005 | 0.002 | |||||
| Sulfates (as SO4 ) % | ≤0.005 | <0.002 | |||||
| Phosphate (as PO4) % | ≤0.005 | <0.001 | |||||
| Nitrate (as N) % | ≤0.0005 | <0.0002 | |||||
| Silicate (as SiO3) % | ≤0.01 | <0.01 | |||||
| (Fe) % | ≤0.0005 | 0.0002 | |||||
| (Na) % | ≤0.8 | 0.27 | |||||
| (Al) % | ≤0.002 | 0.0002 | |||||
| (Ca) % | ≤0.005 | 0.0002 | |||||
| (Ni) % | ≤0.0005 | 0.0002 | |||||
| Heavy metal (as Pb) % | ≤0.002 | <0.001 | |||||
Application:
1. Used for electroplating, carving, lithography, etc.
2. Used as raw material for potassium salt production, such as potassium permanganate and potassium carbonate.
3. In the pharmaceutical industry, it is used to produce potassium borohydride, spironolactone, saparinol, testosterone propionate, progesterone, vanillin, etc.
4. Used in the production of potassium soap, alkaline storage batteries and cosmetics in the light industry.
5. In the dye industry, it is used to produce vat dyes, such as vat RSN.
6. Used as an absorbent for analytical reagents, saponification reagents, carbon dioxide and water.
7. In the textile industry, it is used for printing and dyeing, bleaching and mercerizing, and is mainly used as the main raw material for manufacturing man-made fibers and polyester fibers. It is also used for manufacturing melamine dyes.
8. It is also used in metallurgical heating agent and leather degreasing.
