1、Chemical Name: Potassium Acetate
2、Molecular Formula : C2H3KO2
3、Molecular Weight: 98.14
4、CAS: 127-08-2
5、Character: It is white crystalline powder. It’s easily deliquescent and tastes salty. PH value of 1mol/L aqueous solution is 7.0-9.0. Relative density（d425） is 1.570. Melting point is 292℃. It’s highly soluble in water (235g/100mL, 20℃; 492g/100mL, 62℃), ethanol (33g/100mL) and methanol (24.24g/100mL, 15℃), but insoluble in ether.
6、Usage: It is used as buffering agent, neutralizer, preservative and color fixative to
protect natural colors of animals and plants.
7、Packing: It is packed with polyethylene bag as inner layer, and a compound plastic woven bag as outer layer. The net weight of each bag is 25kg.
8、Storage and Transport: It should be stored in a dry and ventilative warehouse, kept away from heat and moisture during transportation, unloaded with care so as to avoid damage. Furthermore, it must be stored separately from poisonous substances.
| INDEX | SPECIFICATION | RESULTS |
| Assay(Dried Subatance)w/% | ≥99.0 | 99.56% |
| Ph（50g/l） | 7.5-9.0 | 8.07 |
| Alkalinity | Pass test | Pass Test |
| Loss on drying (150℃,2h)w/% | ≤8.0 | 0.22 |
| Heavy metals(as Pb ,GT16)
mg/kg≤ |
20 | <10 |
| Pb(GT18)mg/kg≤ | 10 | <2 |
| As (GT-3)/ mg/kg≤ | 3 | <3 |
| Sodium compound | Pass test | Pass test |
