Potassium aluminate
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| IUPAC name
potassium aluminate
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.031.289 |
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| Properties | |
| K2Al2O4 | |
| Molar mass | 196.156 g·mol−1 |
| very soluble | |
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| H314 | |
| P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P363, P405, P501 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Potassium aluminate is an inorganic compound with the empirical formula KAlO2, which in aqueous solution exists as K[Al(OH)4].
Reactions
[edit]Potassium aluminate can be used to produce potassium alum with sulfuric acid in this reaction.
- KAlO2 + 2 H2SO4 ⇌ KAl(SO4)2 + 2 H2O
References
[edit] | This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2009) |
- ^ Lide, David R. (1998). Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 4–76. ISBN 0-8493-0594-2.
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