Potassium hydroxide

HKOCAS 1310-58-356.11 g/mol

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K+HO−

Properties

Molecular formula
HKO
Molar mass
56.11 g/mol
Exact mass
55.9664 Da
Density
2.04 g/mL
Melting point
380 °C
Boiling point
1327 °C
Water solubility
1,210 g/L (25 °C)
logP
-3.17Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
30.0 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 1
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Harmonised EU classification (CLP Annex VI, index 019-002-00-8), via PubChem.

Precautionary statements

P260, P264, P270, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P321, P330, P363, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
1310-58-3
SMILES
[K+].[OH-]
InChIKey
KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M
InChI
InChI=1S/K.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1

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Names and synonyms

12 names
  • Potassium hydroxide (K(OH))
  • Caustic potash
  • Potash
  • Cyantek CC 723
  • PSE 200
  • Arrocon 2298
  • Clearcut S
  • Gardoclean S 5167
  • Pipeline gold
  • FD 40
  • Caustic potash flake
  • Denkazai K 10M

Safety data sheets

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Similar compounds

Potassium antimony hydroxide (KSb(OH)6)12208-13-867 % similar Potassium borohydride13762-51-150 % similar Potassium hydride7693-26-750 % similar Bismuth hydroxide10361-43-033 % similar Cerium(IV) hydroxide12014-56-133 % similar Potassium superoxide12030-88-533 % similar Nickel(II) hydroxide12054-48-733 % similar Palladium dihydroxide12135-22-733 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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