99.98% High Purity Potassium Chloride Kcl CAS 7447 -40-7 with Good Price

Potassium chloride   ( KCl , or   potassium salt ) is a   metal halide   salt   composed of   potassium . It is   odorless   and has a white or   colorless   vitreous   crystal   appearance. The solid dissolves readily in water, and its   solutions   have a   salt -like taste. Potassium chloride can be obtained from ancient dried lake deposits.   KCl is used as a fertilizer,   in   medicine , in scientific applications, domestic   water softeners   (as a substitute for   sodium chloride   salt), and in   food processing , where it may be known as   E number   additive   E508 .

It occurs naturally as the   mineral   sylvite , and in combination with   sodium chloride   as   sylvinite .

Uses:

Fertilizer

The majority of the potassium chloride produced is used for making   fertilizer , called   potash , since the growth of many   plants   is limited by potassium availability. Potassium chloride sold as fertilizer is known as   muriate   of potash. The vast majority of potash fertilizer worldwide is sold as muriate of potash.

Medical use

Potassium is vital in the   human body , and potassium chloride by mouth is the common means to treat   low blood potassium , although it can also be given intravenously. It is on the   World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines .   Overdose causes   hyperkalemia   which can disrupt cell signaling to the extent that the heart will stop, reversibly in the case of some   open heart surgeries .

Culinary use

It can be used as a   salt substitute   for   food , but due to its weak, bitter, unsalty   flavor , it is often mixed with ordinary table salt (sodium chloride) to improve the   taste   to form   low sodium salt . The addition of 1 ppm of   thaumatin   considerably reduces this bitterness.   Complaints of bitterness or a chemical or metallic taste are also reported with potassium chloride used in food.

Industrial
 

As a chemical   feedstock , it is used in medicine,   lethal injections ,   scientific   applications,   food processing ,   soaps , and as a sodium-free substitute for   table salt   for people concerned about the health effects of sodium.

It is used as a supplement in animal feed to boost the potassium level in the feed. As an added benefit, it is known to increase milk production.

It is sometimes used in solution as a   completion   fluid in   petroleum   operations, as well as being an alternative to   sodium chloride   in household   water softener   units.

Glass manufacturers use granular potash as a   flux , lowering the temperature at which a mixture melts. Because potash imparts excellent clarity to glass, it is commonly used in eyeglasses, glassware, televisions, and computer monitors.

KCl is useful as a   beta radiation   source for   calibration   of   radiation monitoring equipment , because natural potassium contains 0.0118% of the   isotope   ⁴⁰ K. One   kilogram   of KCl yields 16350   becquerels   of   radiation , consisting of 89.28% beta and 10.72%   gamma , with 1.46083 MeV. In order to use off-the-shelf materials, it needs to be crystallized sequentially, using controlled temperature, in order to extract KCl, which is the subject of ongoing research. It also emits a relatively low level of 511 keV gamma rays from positron annihilation, which can be used to calibrate medical scanners.

Potassium chloride is used in some   de-icing   products designed to be safer for pets and plants, though these are inferior in melting quality to   calcium chloride   [lowest usable temperature 12 °F (−11 °C) v. −25 °F (−32 °C)]. It is also used in various brands of   bottled water .

Potassium chloride was once used as a   fire extinguishing agent , and in portable and wheeled   fire extinguishers . Known as Super-K dry chemical, it was more effective than   sodium bicarbonate -based dry chemicals and was compatible with   protein foam . This agent fell out of favor with the introduction of   potassium bicarbonate   ( Purple-K ) dry chemical in the late 1960s, which was much less   corrosive , as well as more effective. It is rated for B and C fires.

Along with   sodium chloride   and   lithium chloride , potassium chloride is used as a   flux   for the   gas welding   of   aluminium .

Potassium chloride is also an optical crystal with a wide transmission range from 210 nm to 20 µm. While cheap, KCl crystals are   hygroscopic . This limits its application to protected environments or short-term uses such as prototyping. Exposed to free air, KCl optics will "rot". 

Potassium chloride is used as a   scotophor   with designation P10 in   dark-trace CRTs , e.g. in the   Skiatron .

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