IDENTIFICATION
CAS: 7758-09-0
MF : KN02
MW: 85.11
MP: 297 DEG. CEL
BP: 350 DEG. CEL. WITH DECOMPOSITION
APPEARANCE : COLORLESS MONOCLINIC CRYSTALS
SOLUBILITY : HIGHLY SOLUBLE IN WATER.
CHEMICAL FAMILY : INORGANIC POTASSIUM SALT
Potassium nitrite
It is an inorganic salt of potassium which is highly hygroscopic and highly soluble in water
Used as oxidizing agent and corrosion inhibotor in washing with hot potash for removal of Co2 from gas streams like synthesis gas. It is more soluble than sodium nitrite and does not form sparingly soluble bicarbonate in carbondioxide rich solutions.
In The Manufacture Of Pigment Yellow 40
In The Manufacture Of Cinitapride And Many Other Drugs
Preservative And Curing Of Meat
Butadiene Distillation
Production Of D-Saccharic Acid
Dissolution Of Tungston
Recovery Of Bromine
In Seperation Of Cobalt From Cobalt Nickel Solutions |
