Potassium Carbonate

Description

Potassium Carbonate, also known as Potash, is a white crystalline powder. Potassium Carbonate formula K2CO3. K2CO3 is very soluble in water, and the aqueous solution is strongly alkaline, and insoluble in ethanol, and acetone. It is highly hygroscopic and can absorb carbon dioxide and moisture when exposed to the air and convert it into Potassium Bicarbonate.

Potassium Carbonate Uses:

1. Potassium Carbonate can be used to produce optical glass, which can improve the transparency and refractive index of glass.
2. In the chemical industry, Using it as a decarburizing agent for fertilizers, and a scavenger for industrial gases hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide.
3. Anti-aging agent for rubber.
4. In the glass industry, use K2CO3 as raw material for picture tube glass bulbs and special glass raw materials.
5. It is a good chlorine-free potassium fertilizer in agricultural production. So the carbonate contained in it has a loosening effect on the soil.
6. In addition, K2CO3 is also widely active in the production of welding electrodes, inks, photographic medicines, polyester, explosives, leather, electroplating, ceramics, building materials, crystals, potassium soaps, and medicines.

Therefore, with the further reduction of production costs, the possibility of Potassium Carbonate as a chlorine-free potassium fertilizer is increasing. Besides, the largest market for K2CO3 in the United States and Japan is as a source of potassium ions in cathode ray tube glass for televisions and computer monitors. Similarly, the main market for K2CO3 in Western Europe is the glass chemical industry and the production of other potassium chemicals.