Potassium silicate can be used in the same applications as sodium silicate, but is particularly suitable as a thickener in the manufacture of electrodes, or as a binder for cements. It is also used as an ingredient in detergents and in exterior silicate paints.
IDENTIFICATION AND PROPERTIES
Name: Potassium silicate
Formula: 3,45SiO2.K2O
CAS: 1312-76-1
EC: 215-199-1
- Colour: Colourless
- Odour: Odourless
- Physical state at 20ºC: Liquid
- Density at 20ºC: 1320 kg/m3
- pH: 10 to 1%
- Flash point: Non-flammable (>60ºC)
USES
- Water treatment
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