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Potassium sulfate

ACS reagent, ≥99.0%, powder or crystals

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Linear Formula:
K2SO4
CAS Number:
7778-80-5
Molecular Weight:
174.26
EC Number:
231-915-5
MDL number:
MFCD00011388
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
329752258
NACRES:
NB.24
Assay:
≥99.0%
grade:
ACS reagent
form:
powder or crystals

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥99.0%

form

powder or crystals

impurities

≤0.01% insolubles
≤5 ppm N compounds

pH

5.5-5.8 (25 °C, 5%)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.001%

cation traces

Ca: ≤0.01%
Fe: ≤5 ppm
Mg: ≤0.005%
Na: ≤0.02%
heavy metals: ≤5 ppm (by ICP)

SMILES string

[K+].[K+].[O-]S([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

1S/2K.H2O4S/c;;1-5(2,3)4/h;;(H2,1,2,3,4)/q2*+1;/p-2

InChI key

OTYBMLCTZGSZBG-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

Potassium sulfate is a water-soluble inorganic salt that is commonly used in fertilizers. It can be prepared by reacting phosphogypsum and potassium chloride. K2SO4 can form needle-like mullite particles on heating with aluminum sulfate and silicon dioxide. Its application to the soil has shown to minimize bronzing of rice plants.

Application

Potassium sulfate may be used as a sulfonating agent in the preparation of 4′-dibenzo-18-crown-6-sulfonic acid via sulfonation of dibenzo-18-crown-6.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Sulfonation of benzocrown ethers by potassium sulfate in polyphosphoric acid.
Grebenyuk AD, et al.
Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, 37(7), 822-826 (2001)
Rice bronzing in Nigeria caused by nutrient imbalances and its control by potassium sulfate application.
Yamauchi M.
Plant and Soil, 117(2), 275-286 (1989)
Conversion of phosphogypsum to potassium sulfate.
Aagli A, et al.
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 82(2), 395-399 (2005)
Eagleson M.
Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry, 890-890 (1994)
Minimizing adsorption of proteins on fused silica in capillary zone electrophoresis by the addition of alkali metal salts to the buffers.
Green JS and Jorgenson JW.
Journal of Chromatography A, 478, 63-70 (1989)
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