Potassium iodide 99%min
Product Description
Potassium iodide Properties |
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KI |
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166.0028 g/mol |
|
Appearance |
white crystalline solid |
3.123 g/cm3 |
|
681 °C (1,258 °F; 954 K) |
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1,330 °C (2,430 °F; 1,600 K) |
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128 g/100 ml (0 °C) |
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2 g/100 mL (ethanol) |
Potassium iodide specification
Item |
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Potassium iodide(dry) |
≥ 99.0 % |
pH(50g/L, 25 centigrade) |
6.0~8.0 |
Heavy metal (as Pb) |
≤ 0.0002% |
Chloride and Bromide (Cl) |
≤ 0.01% |
Sulfate (SO4) |
≤ 0.002% |
Iodate |
≤ 0.0003% |
Barium(Ba) |
≤ 0.001% |
Phosphate(PO4) |
≤ 0.001% |
Iron (Fe) |
≤ 0.0001% |
Arsenic (As) |
≤ 0.00001% |
Calcium(Ca) |
≤ 0.001% |
Sodium (Na) |
≤ 0.05% |
Magnesium (Mg) |
≤ 0.001% |
Potassium Iodide Application
1.Potassium iodide, also called KI is a salt of stable (not radioactive) iodine. The compound is required by the body to make thyroid hormones.
potassium iodide
2.The major uses of potassium iodide include nutritional supplement in animal feeds. It is also used medicinally in tablets, and also fins application in hair dyes.
potassium iodide
3.Potassium Iodide is sometimes added in small quantities to table salt for idolization. This crystalline salt is also used as a fluorescence quenching agent in biomedical research because of collisional quenching by its iodide ion.