Potassium aluminate

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.

Potassium aluminate[1]
Names
IUPAC name
potassium aluminate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.031.289
EC Number
  • 234-432-8
UNII
Properties
K2Al2O4
Molar mass 196.157 g/mol
very soluble
Hazards
GHS pictograms
GHS Signal word Danger
H314
P260, P264, P280, P301+330+331, P303+361+353, P304+340, P305+351+338, P310, P321, P363, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Reactions

Potassium aluminate can be used to produce Potassium alum with Sulfuric acid in this reaction.

KAlO2 + 2 H2SO4 KAl(SO4)2 + 2 H2O

References

  1. 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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