Chemistry:Potassium bifluoride
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| IUPAC name
Potassium bifluoride
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| Other names
Potassium hydrogen difluoride
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| UN number | 1811 |
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| Properties | |
| K[HF 2] | |
| Molar mass | 78.103 g/mol |
| Appearance | colourless solid |
| Odor | slightly acidic |
| Density | 2.37 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | 238.7 °C (461.7 °F; 511.8 K) |
| Boiling point | decomposes |
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| Solubility | soluble in ethanol |
| Structure | |
| monoclinic | |
| Thermochemistry | |
Std molar
entropy (S |
45.56 J/(mol·K) [1] |
Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH⦵298) |
-417.26 kJ/(mol·K) |
| Hazards | |
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| GHS Signal word | Danger |
| H301, H310, H314 | |
| P260, P262, P264, P270, P280, P301+310, P301+330+331, P302+350, P303+361+353, P304+340, P305+351+338, P310, P321, P322, P330, P361, P363, P405, P501 | |
| Flash point | non flammable |
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Other anions
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Potassium fluoride |
Other cations
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Sodium bifluoride, ammonium bifluoride |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Potassium bifluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula K[HF
2]. This colourless salt consists of the potassium cation (K+
) and the bifluoride anion ([HF
2]−
). The salt is used as an etchant for glass. Sodium bifluoride is related and is also of commercial use as an etchant as well as in cleaning products.[3]
Synthesis and reactions
The salt was prepared by Edmond Frémy by treating potassium carbonate or potassium hydroxide with hydrofluoric acid:
- 2 HF + KOH → K[HF
2] + H
2O
With one more equivalent of HF, K[H
2F
3] (CAS#12178-06-2, m.p. 71.7 C)[clarification needed] is produced:
- HF + K[HF
2] → K[H
2F
3]
Thermal decomposition of K[HF
2] gives hydrogen fluoride:
- K[HF
2] → HF + KF
Applications
The industrial production of fluorine entails the electrolysis of molten K[HF
2] and K[H
2F
3].[3] The electrolysis of K[HF
2] was first used by Henri Moissan in 1886.
See also
References
- ↑ Westrum, Edgar F. Jr.; Pitzer, Kenneth S. (June 1949). "Thermodynamics of the System KHF2-KF-HF, Including Heat Capacities and Entropies of KHF2, and KF. The Nature of the Hydrogen Bond in KHF2". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 71 (6): 1940–1949. doi:10.1021/ja01174a012.
- ↑ "Potassium bifluoride" (in en). https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/11829350#section=Safety-and-Hazards.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aigueperse, Jean; Mollard, Paul; Devilliers, Didier; Chemla, Marius; Faron, Robert; Romano, René; Cuer, Jean Pierre (2000). "Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a11_307.
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