1、Chemical Name: Potassium Formate
2、Molecular Formula: CHKO2
3、Molecular Weight: 84.12
4、CAS: 590-29-4
5、Character: It occurs as white crystalline powder. It’s easily deliquescent. Density is 1.9100g/cm3. It’s freely soluble in water.
6、Usage: It is widely used as snowmelt agent.
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.
| Specification | Enterprise Standard | Q/CDH 16-2018 |
| Content(On dry basis),w/% ≥ | 97.5 | 96.0 |
| Potassium hydroxide(KOH),w/% ≤ | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Potassium carbonate(K2CO3),w/% ≤ | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| Heavy metal(as Pb),w/% ≤ | 0.002 | ———— |
| Potassium chloride(KCl),w/% ≤ | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Moisture,w/% ≤ | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| pH (50g/100mL Solution ) | ———— | 9.0-11.0 |
| Saturated brine density(20℃),g/cm3 ≥ | ———— | 1.58 |
