Potassium fluoride - Materials / Alfa Chemistry

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Potassium fluoride

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Catalog Number

ACMA00021108

Product Name

Potassium fluoride

Category

Description

Potassium fluoride appears as white powder or crystals with a sharp saline taste. Shipped as a solid or an aqueous solution. Strongly irritates skin, eyes and mucous membranes. Toxic by ingestion. Used in insecticides, solder flux and etching glass.;DryPowder; DryPowder, Liquid; Liquid; PelletsLargeCrystals

IUPAC Name

potassium;fluoride

Molecular Weight

58.097g/mol

Molecular Formula

InChI

InChI=1S/FH.K/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI Key

NROKBHXJSPEDAR-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Boiling Point

2741 °F at 760 mm Hg (NTP, 1992);1502 °C

Melting Point

1576 °F (NTP, 1992);858 °C

Purity

0.9999

Density

2.48 g/cm³

Solubility

greater than or equal to 100 mg/mL at 66° F (NTP, 1992);Soluble in water, hydrogen fluoride; insoluble in alcohol;102 g/100 g water at 25 °C

Color/Form

White cubic crystals;White crystalline, deliquescent powder

Complexity

Composition

When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of /potassium oxide and hydrogen fluoride/.

Compound Is Canonicalized

Yes

Corrosivity

Aqueous solution corrodes glass and porcelain

Covalently-Bonded Unit Count

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Deprecated CAS

165892-23-9, 59217-74-2, 2018280-07-2

EC Number

232-151-5

Exact Mass

57.96210965g/mol

Formal Charge

Heavy Atom Count

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MeSH Entry Terms

potassium fluoride

Monoisotopic Mass

57.96210965g/mol

Other Experimental

May be stored in aluminum containers, attracts moisture from the air;Monoclinic crystals; melting point: 41 °C; solubility in water: 349.3 g/100 mL at 18 °C /Dihydrate/;Crystals; melting point: 19.3 °C /Tetrahydrate/

Rotatable Bond Count

Taste

Sharp saline taste

Topological Polar Surface Area

0Å²

Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count

Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count

UNII

9082WG1G3F

UN Number

1812;1812;1812

Vapor Pressure