Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Carrier
- Chemical Family
- Chemical Name
- Agrochemical Functions
- Cleaning Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Applicable Processes
- I&I Cleaning Applications
- Applications
- Potassium Hydroxide, 18% is used in manufacturing of soft soaps and liquid soaps by saponification.
- Many industrially useful potassium salts are prepared by reaction with KOH.
- Some of the other uses of KOH are in chemical manufacturing, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, and cleaning solutions
Properties
- Physical Form
- Appearance
- Colorless Liquid
- Odor
- Odorless
- Typical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Specific Gravity (at 25°C) 1.164 - 1.170 Caustic Potash Content 17.5 - 18.5 % Clarity Clear - - - SDS Physical and Chemical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Freezing Point (at 14 - 31%) (-)13.33 to (-)65.22 °C - Freezing Point (at 44 - 50%) (-)33 to 3.33 °F - Freezing Point (at 31 - 44%) (-)65.22 to (-)33 °C - Relative Density (at 14 - 16%) 1.125 - 1.144 g/cm³ - Relative Density (at 18 - 20%) 1.163 - 1.182 g/cm³ - Relative Density (at 22 - 24%) 1.201 - 1.221 g/cm³ - Relative Density (at 26 - 28%) 1.241 - 1.261 g/cm³ - Relative Density (at 30 - 32%) 1.281 - 1.302 g/cm³ - Relative Density (at 34 - 36%) 1.323 - 1.344 g/cm³ - Dynamic Viscosity (at 14 - 28%) 1.36 - 2.17 cPs - Relative Density (at 38 - 40%) 1.366 - 1.388 g/cm³ - Relative Density (at 42 - 44%) 1.41 - 1.433 g/cm³ - Relative Density (at 44 - 46%) 1.433 - 1.456 g/cm³ - Relative Density (at 46 - 50%) 1.456 - 1.502 g/cm³ - Boiling Point 101.67 - 145.56 °C - Dynamic Viscosity (at 30 - 40%) 2.36 - 3.88 mPa s - Dynamic Viscosity 20 °C - pH 20 °C - pH min. 14 - - Relative Density 20 °C - Dynamic Viscosity (at 42 - 50%) 4.39 - 7.89 mPa s - Vapor Pressure (at 100°F) 7.5 - 40 mmHg - Physical State Liquid - -
Regulatory & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
- Supplied by
Storage & Handling
- Storage Conditions
- Store in a cool, well-ventilated place, out of direct sunlight.
- Keep container tightly closed.
- Store locked up.
- Store away from incompatible materials.
- Store in accordance with local/regional/ national/international regulations.