Chemical name: Potassium Bromide
CAS No.: 7758-01-2
Molecular formula: KBrO3
Molecular weight:167
Property:
It is white crystal or powder,density:3.26.melting point:370℃. It is free of smell and tastes salty and slightly bitter. It absorbs water easily and is caked in the air, but dose not deliquesce. It dissolves easily in water but slightly in alcohol. Its aqueous solution is neutral.
Application:
This product is a strong oxidant, mainly used as chemical agent, printing and dyeing auxiliary, quality-improving reagent for wheat granules in food additive and improving reagent for tinned fish and meat.
Specification:
Items | Industrial grade | Food grade |
Assay | 99.5% min. | 99-101.00% |
Transparency | Pass test | -- |
Water insoluble | 0.01% max. | 0.01% max. |
Cl- | 0.1% max. | 0.05% max. |
Bromides | 0.04% max. | Pass test |
Sulfate | 0.01% max. | 0.01% max. |
Na | 0.05% max. | -- |
Fe | 0.001% max. | -- |
Heavy metals | 0.001% max. | 0.001% max. |
As | -- | 0.0003% max. |
Water | 0.05% max. | 0.1% max. |
Packing: 25/50 kg paper drums lined with PE bags