POTASSIUM ACETATE, ACS

Public-database records for POTASSIUM ACETATE, ACS (CAS 127-08-2), reproduced here for independent cross-checking.

Safety classification and hazard statements

Regulatory listings

Physical description and handling notes

• CBI; Large Crystals; Dry Powder; Liquid; Dry Powder; Large Crystals
• Colourless, deliquescent crystals or a white crystalline powder, odourless or with a faint acetic odour
• Lustrous colorless or white solid; Rapidly deliquescent; [Merck Index] White crystalline solid; [Aldrich MSDS]
• WHITE FLAKES OR CRYSTALLINE POWDER.
• 溶解度 in water, g/100ml at 20 °C: 256

Reported physical properties

How this substance is indexed

Documented uses

• CIR ingredient: Potassium Acetate
• Used as a potassium supplement; [Merck Index] Used in the chemical industry (synthesis), textile processing industry, anti-freeze agents, foods (permitted additive in the UK), and pharmaceuticals; Also used as a pH regulator and industrial de-icer; [IUCLID] Used in foods as a buffer and antimicrobial preservative; [JECFA] Used as a dehydrating agent and in crystal glass; [Hawley]
• Textiles (Fiber & Fabric Manufacturing) [Category: Industry]
• Glass Manufacturing [Category: Industry]
• 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

Names this substance appears under

Potassium acetate; 127-08-2; Diuretic salt; ACETIC ACID, POTASSIUM SALT; Potassium ethanoate; Acetic acid, potassium salt (1:1); FEMA No. 2920; Octan draselny; Kali aceticum; Potassium acetates; DTXSID7027043; Potassium acetate in plastic container; INS NO.261; E261; INS-261; INS-261(I)

Computed molecular descriptors

Database abstract

POTASSIUM ACETATE, ACS · CAS 127-08-2 · C2H3O2K. UNII M911911U02. 熔点: 292 °C; 熔点: 309 °C; 密度: 1.6 g/cm³.

Source: PubChem / Wikidata; the batch COA governs where values differ.