Potassium Sulfate

Between 5,5 and 8,5 (5 % solution)

AQ SOLN IS NEUTRAL; PH ABOUT 7

2.66

2.66 g/cm³

2.66 @25 °C

COLORLESS OR WHITE CRYSTALS, OR WHITE GRANULES OR POWDER

COLORLESS, RHOMBIC OR HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS

Freely soluble in water, insoluble in ethanol

ITS SOLUBILITY IN WATER IS DECR BY KCL OR (NH4)2SO4

1 G DISSOLVES IN: 8.3 ML WATER, 4 ML BOILING WATER, 75 ML GLYCEROL; PRACTICALLY INSOL IN SATURATED SOLN OF AMMONIUM SULFATE; INSOL IN ALC

INSOL IN ACETATE, CARBON DISULFIDE

Solubility in water, g/100ml at 25 °C: 12

FDA approved drugs -> Active ingredient

FDA approved drugs -> Active ingredient

1689 °C

1689 °C

1689 °C @760 [mm Hg]

This chemical does not meet GHS hazard criteria for 89% (517 of 581) of all reports.

Danger

H318 (10.2%): Causes serious eye damage [Danger Serious eye damage/eye irritation]

P264+P265, P280, P305+P354+P338, and P317 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 581 reports by companies from 9 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory.

Chemical: Sulfuric acid, dipotassium salt

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 (amended)

Sulfuric acid potassium salt (1:2) is listed on the EPA's Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) system. Manufacturers and importers of Sulfuric acid potassium salt (1:2) are required to report information about their production and use of this chemical to the EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). (40 eCFR Part 711)

Status: Active Update: 01-02-2023 https://echa.europa.eu/registration-dossier/-/registered-dossier/15527

Dipotassium sulphate: Non hazardous

(AL) ALABAMA 500,000 ug/l /Sulfate ion/

(UT) UTAH 1,000,000 ug/l /Sulfate ion/

(CA) CALIFORNIA 250 ug/l (Recommended); 500 ug/l (Upper); Short-term 600 ug/l /Sulfate ion/

(UT) UTAH 500,000 ug/l /Sulfate ion/

Fresh air, rest.

Rinse and then wash skin with water and soap.

First rinse with plenty of water for several minutes (remove contact lenses if easily possible), then refer for medical attention.

Give one or two glasses of water to drink.

30 [mg/m3]

220 [mg/m3]

1300 [mg/m3]

Cough. Sore throat.

Redness.

Redness. Pain.

Abdominal pain. Diarrhoea. Nausea. Vomiting.

CATTLE WHICH BROKE INTO FIELD WHICH HAD BEEN TREATED WITH POTASSIUM SULFATE DIED WITHIN 2 DAYS, SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF PROSTRATION, PARESIS, HYPOTHERMIA, CESSATION OF RUMINATION & CONSTIPATION. ONLY LESION SEEN @ POST MORTEM WAS CONGESTION OF MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF ABOMASUM & INTESTINES...

(AL) ALABAMA 500,000 ug/l /Sulfate ion/

(UT) UTAH 1,000,000 ug/l /Sulfate ion/

(CA) CALIFORNIA 250 ug/l (Recommended); 500 ug/l (Upper); Short-term 600 ug/l /Sulfate ion/

(UT) UTAH 500,000 ug/l /Sulfate ion/

Potassium is the major cation (positive ion) inside animal cells, while sodium is the major cation outside animal cells. The concentration differences of these charged particles causes a difference in electric potential between the inside and outside of cells, known as the membrane potential. The balance between potassium and sodium is maintained by ion pumps in the cell membrane. The cell membrane potential created by potassium and sodium ions allows the cell generate an action potential—a "spike" of electrical discharge. The ability of cells to produce electrical discharge is critical for body functions such as neurotransmission, muscle contraction, and heart function. Potassium is also an essential mineral needed to regulate water balance, blood pressure and levels of acidity.

KALI SULPHURICUM

Increased Large Intestinal Motility [PE]; Potassium Salt [EPC]; Potassium Compounds [CS]; Osmotic Laxative [EPC]; Inhibition Large Intestine Fluid/Electrolyte Absorption [PE]; Osmotic Activity [MoA]

POTASSIUM SULFATE

Inhibition Large Intestine Fluid/Electrolyte Absorption [PE]; Osmotic Activity [MoA]; Potassium Compounds [CS]; Osmotic Laxative [EPC]; Increased Large Intestinal Motility [PE]; Potassium Salt [EPC]

KALI SULPH

Inhibition Large Intestine Fluid/Electrolyte Absorption [PE]; Osmotic Activity [MoA]; Increased Large Intestinal Motility [PE]; Potassium Salt [EPC]; Potassium Compounds [CS]; Osmotic Laxative [EPC]

Used in gypsum cements, to make alum and glass, as a food additive, in fertilizers, as an accelerator in wallboard, as an expansion control agent for dental materials, as a medical and veterinary cathartic, and as a veterinary sulfate source; [HSDB]

Cement Producing [Category: Industry]

REAGENT IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; MEDICINE; GYPSUM CEMENTS; ALUM MFR; FOOD ADDITIVE

(VET): CATHARTIC, SULFATE SOURCE

FERTILIZER FOR CHLORIDE-SENSITIVE CROPS (EG, TOBACCO); ACCELERATOR IN WALLBOARD (CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY); AGENT IN MFR OF GLASS; CATHARTIC IN HUMAN MEDICINE; WATER-CORRECTIVE AGENT FOR FOODS (EG, BREWERY WATER); SETTING-EXPANSION CONTROL AGENT FOR DENTAL MATERIALS

(1978) 2.30X10+10 GRAMS

(1979) 2.24X10+10 GRAMS

(1985) 5.53x10+10 g

(1977) 6.90X10+10 GRAMS

(1979) 2.02X10+10 GRAMS

(1985) 4.88X10+10 g

2023: 100,000,000 - <250,000,000 lb

(1977) 4.64X10+10 GRAMS (CONSUMPTION)

(1979) 4.11X10+10 GRAMS (CONSUMPTION)

(1985) 2.10X10+11 g

Agriculture, 63%; exports, 36%; other, 1% (1984)

CHEMICAL PROFILE: Potassium Sulfates. Fertilizer (mainly for non-grain or specialty crops), 56%; exports, 41%; other, 3%. /Potassium sulfates/

CHEMICAL PROFILE: Potassium sulfates. Demand: 1987: 227,600 tons K2O; 1988: 235,000 tons K2O; 1992 /projected/: 280,000 tons K2O. (Does not include imports, which totaled 30,000 tons K2O in 1987.) /Potassium sulfates/

REACTION OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE WITH LANGBEINITE ORE, SCHOENITE OBTAINED FROM KAINITE ORE, OR SODIUM SULFATE (GLASERITE IS AN ISOLATED INTERMEDIATE); REACTION OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE WITH SULFURIC ACID OR SULFUR DIOXIDE, WATER AND OXYGEN; RECOVERY FROM SUGAR WASTES

(A) BY TREATMENT OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE EITHER WITH SULFURIC ACID OR WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE, AIR, & WATER (HARGREAVES PROCESS). (B) BY FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF NATURAL SULFATE ORE; (C) FROM SALT LAKE BRINES.

THE POTASSIUM SALT OF SULFURIC ACID. ...FIRST POTASH SALT PRODUCED COMMERCIALLY IN US FROM ANYTHING OTHER THAN WOOD ASHES. IT WAS PRODUCED FROM ALUNITE. SULFATE HAS ALSO BEEN MADE FROM CEMENT MILL DUST, LANGBEINITE, & FROM MURIATE BY TREATMENT WITH SODIUM OR MAGNESIUM SULFATE OR WITH SULFURIC ACID.

GRADES: HIGHEST PURITY MEDICINAL; COMMERCIAL; CRUDE; CP; AGRICULTURAL

Commercial potassium sulfate contains not less than 48% soluble potash (K2O) chiefly as sulfate, and not more than 2.5% chlorine

EPA Safer Chemical Functional Use Classes -> Processing Aids and Additives

Safer Chemical Classes -> Green circle - The chemical has been verified to be of low concern

Food additives

Food Additives -> FLAVOUR_ENHANCER; SALT_SUBSTITUTE -> JECFA Functional Classes

Cosmetics -> Viscosity controlling; Bulking

Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable

Sulfuric acid potassium salt (1:2): ACTIVE

Sulfuric acid, potassium salt (1:?): ACTIVE

TECHNICAL GRADES ARE USED IN FERTILIZERS FOR MFR OF POTASSIUM ALUM, POTASSIUM CARBONATE & GLASS; THE REAGENT GRADE IS USED IN THE KJELDAHL DETERMINATION OF NITROGEN.

VET: RARE, AS LAXATIVE, AS IT IS MORE IRRITANT THAN SODIUM OR MAGNESIUM SULFATES. OCCASIONALLY USED IN WATER SOL TRACE MINERAL MIXES AS SOURCE OF POTASSIUM (44.8%) & AS AN ORAL SULFATE SOURCE IN RUMINANT EXPT.

VET: IT IS OF POTENTIAL VALUE AS SULFATE SOURCE, WHICH MAY REDUCE METHIONINE REQUIREMENTS OF POULTRY. A 0.1% LEVEL IN FEED OF LAYING HENS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A 5% INCR IN EGG PRODUCTION.