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Technical Data
PROPERTIES OF POTASSIUM CARBONATE
Handbook
K2CO3
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Potassium Carbonate
K2CO3
138.20
1 lb. K2CO3 = 0.528 lb. HCI
100% K2CO3 = 68.16% K2O
Molten K2CO3
1.95 ohm1 cm1 at 1652F (900C)
2.12 ohm1 cm1 at 1742F (950C)
2.26 ohm1 cm1 at 1832F (1000C)
Dielectric Constant:
Heat of Fusion:
Heat of Formation:
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K2CO3
TECHNICAL DATA
TABLE 1:
Handbook
TECHNICAL DATA
Handbook
TABLE 2:
DISSOCIATION PRESSURE OF
POTASSIUM CARBONATE IN
MILLIMETERS MERCURY
Reaction: K2CO3 K2O + CO2
Temperature (C)
900 . . . . . . .
950 . . . . . . .
970 . . . . . . .
1000 . . . . . . .
1100 . . . . . . .
1200 . . . . . . .
1300 . . . . . . .
1400 . . . . . . .
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TABLE 3:
SOLUBILITY OF POTASSIUM CARBONATE
IN SELECTED ORGANIC SOLVENTS
Solvent
Category
Solubility (ppm)
Anhydrous
K2CO3
Solution**
ND*
ND*
0.2
0.1
ND*
1.3
3.7
1.2
25
45
29
16,500
904
4.0
15,300
ND*
ND*
0.2
< 0.1
< 0.1
17
7.2
0.6
5.4
6.7
27
16,440
234
21
46,100
Kerosene
Carbon Tetrachloride
O-Dichlorobenzene
Trichloroethylene
Perchloroethylene
Acetone
Methyl Ethyl Ketone
Ethyl Acetate
Butyl Acetate
Methyl Cellosolve Acetate
Diethanolamine
Methanol
Ethanol
Isopropanol
Ethylene Glycol
Hydrocarbons
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Ketones
Ketones
Esters
Esters
Esters
Amine
Alcohols
Alcohols
Alcohols
Glycols
* ND = None Detected
K2CO3
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TABLE 4:
DENSITY OF POTASSIUM CARBONATE SOLUTIONS AT 60F (15.6C)
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Specific
Degrees
K2CO2
K2CO2
Total Weight
K2CO2
Total Weight
Grams
Pounds
of Solution
Pounds
of Solution
Gravity
Baume
Degrees
per
per
in Pounds
per
in Pounds
K2CO3
K2O
60/60F
Am. Std.
Twaddell
Liter
Gallon
per Gallon
Cu. Ft.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
0.0
0.68
1.36
2.04
2.73
3.41
4.09
4.77
5.45
6.13
6.82
7.50
8.18
8.86
9.54
10.22
10.91
11.59
12.27
12.95
13.63
14.31
15.00
15.68
16.36
17.04
17.72
18.40
19.08
19.77
20.45
21.13
21.81
22.49
23.17
23.86
24.54
25.22
25.90
26.58
27.26
27.95
28.63
29.31
29.99
30.67
31.35
32.04
32.72
33.40
34.08
34.76
35.44
0.999
1.001
1.011
1.021
1.031
1.041
1.051
1.060
1.070
1.080
1.090
1.100
1.110
1.120
1.129
1.138
1.148
1.158
1.168
1.178
1.188
1.199
1.209
1.219
1.230
1.240
1.251
1.262
1.273
1.284
1.295
1.306
1.317
1.328
1.340
1.351
1.362
1.374
1.386
1.398
1.410
1.422
1.434
1.446
1.459
1.471
1.483
1.496
1.509
1.522
1.535
1.549
1.562
0.15
1.58
2.99
4.36
5.72
7.04
8.21
9.49
10.74
11.97
13.18
14.37
15.54
16.57
17.59
18.70
19.79
20.86
21.92
22.95
24.07
25.07
26.06
27.11
28.06
29.10
30.11
31.10
32.08
33.04
33.98
34.91
35.82
36.79
37.68
38.54
39.47
40.39
41.29
42.16
43.04
43.89
44.73
45.62
46.43
47.23
48.08
48.91
49.74
50.54
51.40
52.18
0.2
2.2
4.2
6.2
8.2
10.2
12.0
14.0
16.0
18.0
20.0
22.0
24.0
25.8
27.8
29.6
31.6
33.6
35.6
37.6
39.8
41.8
43.8
46.0
48.0
50.2
52.4
54.6
56.8
59.0
61.2
63.4
65.6
68.0
70.2
72.4
74.8
77.2
79.6
82.0
84.4
86.8
89.2
91.8
94.2
96.6
99.2
101.8
104.4
107.0
109.8
112.4
0.0
10.0
20.6
30.6
41.2
52.0
63.0
74.2
85.6
97.2
109.0
121.0
133.5
145.6
158.1
170.8
183.7
196.9
210.2
223.8
237.6
251.8
266.0
280.4
295.1
310.0
325.2
340.7
356.4
372.3
388.5
404.9
421.4
438.2
455.6
472.8
490.3
508.3
526.6
545.2
563.9
583.0
602.2
621.8
641.9
661.9
682.2
703.0
724.3
745.7
767.5
790.0
812.2
0.0
0.084
0.167
0.256
0.344
0.434
0.526
0.619
0.714
0.811
0.910
1.010
1.112
1.215
1.319
1.425
1.533
1.643
1.754
1.868
1.983
2.101
2.220
2.340
2.463
2.587
2.714
2.843
2.974
3.107
3.242
3.379
3.517
3.657
3.802
3.946
4.092
4.242
4.395
4.550
4.706
4.865
5.026
5.189
5.357
5.524
5.693
5.867
6.045
6.223
6.405
6.592
6.778
8.328
8.353
8.437
8.520
8.604
8.687
8.771
8.846
8.929
9.013
9.096
9.180
9.263
9.346
9.422
9.497
9.580
9.664
9.747
9.830
9.914
10.006
10.089
10.173
10.264
10.348
10.440
10.531
10.623
10.715
10.807
10.899
10.990
11.082
11.182
11.274
11.366
11.466
11.566
11.666
11.766
11.867
11.967
12.067
12.175
12.275
12.376
12.484
12.593
12.701
12.810
12.926
13.035
0.0
0.62
1.26
1.91
2.57
3.25
3.94
4.63
5.34
6.07
6.81
7.55
8.32
9.09
9.87
10.66
11.47
12.29
13.13
13.97
14.83
15.72
16.61
17.50
18.43
19.35
20.31
21.27
22.25
23.25
24.26
25.27
26.31
27.36
28.44
29.52
30.61
31.74
32.88
34.04
35.21
36.40
37.60
38.82
40.08
41.32
42.59
43.90
45.22
46.56
47.92
49.32
50.71
62.30
62.49
63.12
63.74
64.37
64.99
65.61
66.18
66.80
67.42
68.05
68.67
69.30
69.62
70.48
71.05
71.67
72.29
72.92
73.54
74.17
74.85
75.48
76.10
76.79
77.41
78.10
78.79
79.47
80.16
80.85
81.53
82.22
82.91
83.66
84.34
85.03
85.78
86.53
87.28
88.03
88.78
89.52
90.27
91.09
91.83
92.58
93.40
94.21
95.02
95.83
96.70
97.52
K2CO3
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TECHNICAL DATA
TABLE 5:
SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF POTASSIUM CARBONATE
SOLUTIONS AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE (F)
Conc.*
F.P.**
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0
5
10
15
20
25
32
29
25
21
12
3
1.252
1.146
1.199
1.251
1.057
1.096
1.145
1.197
1.248
0.9999
1.046
1.094
1.143
1.194
1.245
0.9997
1.044
1.092
1.141
1.192
1.244
0.9990
1.042
1.090
1.139
1.190
1.242
0.9980
1.040
1.088
1.137
1.188
1.240
0.9966
1.038
1.086
1.135
1.185
1.237
0.9950
1.035
1.083
1.132
1.182
1.234
0.9931
1.033
1.081
1.130
1.179
1.231
30
35
40
45
47
50
-3
-16
-34.6
-1
8
18
1.308
1.366
1.423
1.486
1.511
1.306
1.363
1.422
1.484
1.509
1.547
1.303
1.360
1.419
1.481
1.506
1.545
1.301
1.358
1.416
1.479
1.503
1.542
1.298
1.355
1.414
1.476
1.500
1.540
1.296
1.352
1.411
1.473
1.498
1.537
1.293
1.350
1.408
1.470
1.495
1.534
1.290
1.347
1.405
1.467
1.492
1.531
1.287
1.344
1.402
1.463
1.489
1.528
1.284
1.341
1.399
1.460
1.486
1.525
Conc.*
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
0
5
10
15
20
25
0.9910
1.031
1.079
1.127
1.176
1.228
0.9986
1.028
1.076
1.124
1.173
1.225
0.9860
1.025
1.073
1.121
1.170
1.222
0.9832
1.022
1.070
1.118
1.167
1.219
0.9803
1.019
1.067
1.115
1.163
1.215
0.9771
1.016
1.064
1.112
1.160
1.212
0.9739
1.013
1.061
1.109
1.157
1.209
0.9704
1.010
1.058
1.105
1.153
1.205
0.9669
1.006
1.054
1.101
1.149
1.201
0.9631
1.002
1.050
1.097
1.145
1.197
0.9591
0.998
1.046
1.093
1.143
1.195
30
35
40
45
47
50
55
1.281
1.338
1.396
1.457
1.482
1.522
1.278
1.335
1.393
1.454
1.478
1.518
1.583
1.276
1.332
1.390
1.451
1.476
1.515
1.580
1.273
1.329
1.387
1.448
1.473
1.511
1.577
1.270
1.325
1.384
1.445
1.470
1.507
1.573
1.267
1.322
1.381
1.442
1.467
1.504
1.570
1.264
1.319
1.378
1.439
1.464
1.501
1.567
1.260
1.316
1.375
1.435
1.460
1.497
1.563
1.256
1.312
1.371
1.431
1.456
1.493
1.559
1.252
1.308
1.367
1.427
1.452
1.487
1.555
1.248
1.304
1.363
1.423
1.448
1.483
1.550
TABLE 6:
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF AQUEOUS K2CO3 SOLUTIONS AT 15C
K2CO3 (wt. %)
5
10
20
30
40
50
Handbook
Conductance
Equivalent
(mho/cm x 104)
Conductance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1038
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1806
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2222
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2168
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1469
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74.2
65.7
52.4
39.4
26.5
13.2
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TABLE 9:
K2CO3 (wt. %)
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10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
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Cp*
(cal./g.-C)
. . . 0.94
. . . 0.89
. . . 0.84
. . . 0.80
. . . 0.75
. . . 0.72
. . . 0.68
. . . 0.66
. . . 0.63
ND25
K2CO3
(wt. %)
0
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10
15
20
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RD*
1.3325
1.3415
1.3514
1.3624
1.3751
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8.349
8.357
8.362
8.370
8.381
TABLE 8:
TABLE 10:
pH OF DILUTE POTASSIUM
CARBONATE SOLUTIONS
Commercial
K2CO3 (wt. %)
K2CO3 (wt. %)
0.01
0.05
0.10
0.25
0.50
0.75
1.00
2.00
3.00
5.00
10.00
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pH at 22C
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10.48
10.91
11.08
11.25
11.37
11.43
11.49
11.58
11.63
11.68
11.75
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10
20
30
35
40
45
50
K2CO3
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Dynes/cm
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TECHNICAL DATA
TABLE 7:
. 72.0
. 75.1
. 78.6
. 83.8
. 87.3
. 91.4
. 96.6
. 103.8
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TECHNICAL DATA
TABLE 11:
VISCOSITY OF POTASSIUM
CARBONATE SOLUTIONS AT 20C
K2CO3 (wt. %)
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
47
50
Viscosity
(centipoise)*
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6
. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5
* Viscosities determined by
Brookfield Method.
TABLE 12:
VAPOR PRESSURE, WATER AT 20.5C
K2CO3 (wt. %)
0
19.6
46.2
54.7
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Water Vapor
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TECHNICAL DATA
Graph 1. Dilution of 47% Aqueous PotCarb at 60F
Example: To make 1 gallon of solution containing 2.0
lbs. of K2CO3 per gallon, add 0.34 gallon of
47% solution to 0.68 gallon of water
1.2
1.2
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.34
0.68
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
Gallons of 47% Potassium
Carbonate per gallon of
final solution
0
0
40
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TECHNICAL DATA
Graph 2. Detemining Dilution Volumes
20
40
60
80
6.0
100
7.0
6.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
C
2.0
7.0
2.0
A
1.0
1.0
0
100
80
60
40
20
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Graph 3. Gross Weight of Aqueous Solutions at 60F
1.60
120
1.55
110
1.50
100
1.45
90
1.40
80
55
50
45
40
1.35
70
1.20
1.15
60
50
40
30
DEGREES BAUME
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
1.25
DEGREES TWADDELL
35
1.30
30
25
20
15
1.10
20
10
1.05
10
5
1.00
0
7
10
11
12
13
14
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Graph 4. Solubility and Temperature Correlations
160
140
120
100
K2CO3 1.5H 20
+
SOLUTION
TEMPERATURE (F)
UNSATURATED
SOLUTION
80
60
40
20
K2CO3 5H 20
+
SOLUTION
ICE + SOLUTION
-20
ICE + K2CO3 5H 20
-40
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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Graph 5. Solution Density at Various Temperatures
55
140
1.70
120
1.60
55%
50
50%
1.50
100
47%
45%
35
30
80
60
40%
1.40
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
40
DEGREES TWADDELL
DEGREES BAUME
45
35%
1.30
30%
25%
25
40
1.20
20%
20
15%
15
20
1.10
10%
10
5%
5
0
1.00
-20
0.90
0%
10
30
50
70
90
110
130
150
170
190
210
TEMPERATURE, F
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Graph 6. Boiling Points at 760 mm Hg
280
270
260
250
240
230
220
210
200
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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