Formula: K2CO3
Molar mass: 138,205 g/mol
Density: 2,43 g/cm³
Other names:Carbonate of potash, dipotassium carbonate, sub-carbonate of potash, pearl ash, potash, salt of tartar, salt of wormwood.
Application
- as a buffering agent in the production of mead or wine.
- in antique documents, it is reported to have been used to soften hard water.
- as a fire suppressant in extinguishing deep-fat fryers and various other B class-related fires.
- in condensed aerosol fire suppression, although as the byproduct of potassium nitrate.
- as an ingredient in welding fluxes, and in the flux coating on arc-welding rods.
- as an animal feed ingredient to satisfy the potassium requirements of farmed animals such as broiler breeders.
