Potassium carbonate

CK2O3CAS 584-08-7138.20 g/mol

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Carbonate

Properties

Molecular formula
CK2O3
Molar mass
138.20 g/mol
Exact mass
137.9122 Da
Density
2.29 g/mL
Melting point
891 °C
logP
-0.54Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
57.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 1
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

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Identifiers

CAS number
584-08-7
SMILES
[O-]C([O-])=O.[K+].[K+]
InChI

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Names and synonyms

16 names · show all
  • Carbonic acid, potassium salt (1:2)
  • Potassium carbonate (K2CO3)
  • Carbonic acid, dipotassium salt
  • Pearl ash
  • Potassium carbonate (K2(CO3))
  • Dipotassium carbonate
  • Potassium carbonate (2:1)
  • Potash
  • Salt of tartar
  • Sorb KX 35
  • FG
  • DCAD Plus
  • CLIMB
  • PX 1390-1
  • EF 80
  • LH 90

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Safety data sheets

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Sodium bicarbonate144-55-8Salt Sodium carbonate497-19-8Salt Sodium percarbonate15630-89-4Salt Calcium carbonate471-34-1Salt Magnesium carbonate546-93-0Salt Lithium carbonate554-13-2Salt White lead1319-46-6Salt Basic copper carbonate12069-69-1Salt Hydrotalcite (mg6(CO3)[al(OH)6]2(OH)4.4H2O)12304-65-3Salt Potassium bicarbonate298-14-6Salt Strontium carbonate1633-05-2Salt Barium carbonate513-77-9Salt

Similar compounds

Dipotassium oxalate583-52-850 % similar Zirconium carbonate oxide hydrate (Zr3O5(CO3).H2O)12671-00-043 % similar [μ-[Carbonato(2-)-κO:κO′]]dihydroxydioxodizirconium57219-64-443 % similar Diammonium bis(carbonato)dihydroxyzirconate(2-)68309-95-543 % similar Potassium acetate127-08-242 % similar Potassium oxalate monohydrate6487-48-542 % similar Potassium acrylate10192-85-536 % similar Potassium hydrogenoxalate127-95-736 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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