Potassium aluminate
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| IUPAC name
potassium aluminate
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| Identifiers | |
| ECHA InfoCard | 100.031.289 |
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| Properties | |
| K2Al2O4 | |
| Molar mass | 196.157 g/mol |
| very soluble | |
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 formula KAlO2, which in aqueous solution exists as K[Al(OH)4]. It is used as a dyeing and printing mordant, as a paper sizing, as an accelerant in the setting of concrete[citation needed].
Reactions
Potassium aluminate can be used to produce Potassium alum with Sulfuric acid in this reaction.
- Template:PotassiumTemplate:AluminiumTemplate:Oxygen + 2 Template:HydrogenTemplate:SulfurTemplate:Oxygen ⇌ Template:PotassiumTemplate:Aluminium(SO4)2 + 2 Template:HydrogenTemplate:Oxygen
References
 | 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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