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Potassium chloride is inexpensively available and is rarely prepared intentionally in the laboratory. It can be generated by treating potassium hydroxide (or other potassium bases) with hydrochloric acid: + + This conversion is an acid-base neutralization reaction. The resulting salt can then be purified by recrystallization.
Potassium hypochlorite is produced by the disproportionation reaction of chlorine with a solution of potassium hydroxide: [2] Cl 2 + 2 KOH → KCl + KOCl + H 2 O. This is the traditional method, first used by Claude Louis Berthollet in 1789. [3] Another production method is electrolysis of potassium chloride solution.
Potassium formate, HCO 2 K, HCOOK, or KHCO 2, is the potassium salt of formic acid. This strongly hygroscopic white solid [2] is an intermediate in the formate potash process for the production of potassium. [3] Potassium formate has also been studied as a potential environmentally friendly deicing salt for use on roads.
Potassium chlorate can react with sulfuric acid to form a highly reactive solution of chloric acid and potassium sulfate: 2 KClO 3 + H 2 SO 4 → 2 HClO 3 + K 2 SO 4. The solution so produced is sufficiently reactive that it spontaneously ignites if combustible material (sugar, paper, etc.) is present. Candy being dropped into molten salt
Alkali salts or base salts are salts that are the product of incomplete neutralization of a strong base and a weak acid. Rather than being neutral (as some other salts), alkali salts are bases as their name suggests. What makes these compounds basic is that the conjugate base from the weak acid hydrolyzes to form a basic solution.
The solution is alkaline if K a < K b. Anions hydrolyze more than cations, causing an exceeding concentration of OH − ions. The solution is expected to be neutral only when K a = K b. [12] Other possible factors that could vary pH level of a solution are the relevant equilibrium constants and the additional amounts of any base or acid.
Strontium chloride can be prepared by treating aqueous strontium hydroxide or strontium carbonate with hydrochloric acid: Sr(OH) 2 + 2 HCl → SrCl 2 + 2 H 2 O. Crystallization from cold aqueous solution gives the hexahydrate, SrCl 2 ·6H 2 O. Dehydration of this salt occurs in stages, commencing above 61 °C (142 °F). Full dehydration occurs ...
An alkaline hydrolysis disposal system at the Biosecurity Research Institute inside of Pat Roberts Hall at Kansas State University. Alkaline hydrolysis (also called biocremation, resomation, [1] [2] flameless cremation, [3] aquamation [4] or water cremation [5]) is a process for the disposal of human and pet remains using lye and heat; it is alternative to burial, cremation, or sky burial.