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Potassium aluminate

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Potassium aluminate[1]
Names
IUPAC name
potassium aluminate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 234-432-8
UNII
  • InChI=1S/Al.K.2O/q; 1;;-1
    Key: KVOIJEARBNBHHP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [O-][Al]=O.[K ]
Properties
K2Al2O4
Molar mass 196.156 g·mol−1
very soluble
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS05: Corrosive
Danger
H314
P260, P264, P280, P301 P330 P331, P303 P361 P353, P304 P340, P305 P351 P338, 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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Potassium aluminate is an inorganic compound with the formula KAlO2, which in aqueous solution exists as K[Al(OH)4].

Reactions

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

KAlO2 2 H2SO4 ⇌ KAl(SO4)2 2 H2O

References

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  1. ^ Lide, David R. (1998). Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 4–76. ISBN 0-8493-0863-2.