Potassium fluoride is a fluoride salt having K+ as the counterion. It has a role as a poison. It is a fluoride salt and a potassium salt.
Acute toxic
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Potassium fluoride is a fluoride salt having K+ as the counterion. It has a role as a poison. It is a fluoride salt and a potassium salt.
| Physical Description | Potassium fluoride appears as white powder or crystals with a sharp saline taste. Shipped as a solid or an aqueous solution. Strongly irritates skin, eyes and mucous membranes. Toxic by ingestion. … |
| Color/Form | White cubic crystals |
| Melting Point | 1576 °F (NTP, 1992) |
| Boiling Point | 2741 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992) |
| Density | 2.48 (NTP, 1992) - Denser than water; will sink |
| Solubility | greater than or equal to 100 mg/mL at 66 °F (NTP, 1992) |
| Vapor Pressure | 100 Pa (0.75 mm Hg) at 869 °C; 1 kPa (7.5 mm Hg) at 1017 °C; 10 kPa (75 mm Hg) at 1216 °C; 100 kPa (750 mm Hg) at 1499 °C |
| IUPAC Name | potassium fluoride |
| Molecular Formula | FK |
| Molecular Weight | 58.0967 g/mol |
| CAS | 7789-23-3 |
| SMILES | [F-].[K+] |
| InChIKey | NROKBHXJSPEDAR-UHFFFAOYSA-M |
| Catalog No | KC.1610227 |
| Pack sizes | 500GM |
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