Chemical Reaction Potassium bicarbonate or carbonate is reacted with acetic acid previously diluted with water, and the solution is evaporated to dryness. 2CH3COOH + K2CO3 2CH3CO2K + CO2 + H2O
Physicochemical Properties Colorless, monoclinic crystals, or as white crystalline powder Saline and slightly alkaline taste Deliquesces on exposure to air
Identity Tests: Positive Results Identification Test: A solution (1 in 10) responds to the tests for Potassium and for Acetate) pH Test: 7.5-8.5 Loss on drying: It loses NMT 1.0% of its weight Heavy metals, Method I: the limit is 0.002%
Preparation s Available Potassium Triplex Tri-K (with potassium citrate and potassium acetate)
2. Potassium iodide KI
Potassium iodide may be prepared by reacting iodine with a hot solution of potassium hydroxide, the iodate simultaneously formed being subsequently reduced to iodide by heating the mixture with C.
Very soluble in Assay: green endpoint; water and freely Each ml of 0.1N soluble in alcohol perchloric acid is equivalent to 9.814mg of potassium acetate. Hexahedral Alkalinity: crystals, either no color is produced transparent and with phenolphthalein colorless or Loss on drying: It loses somehat opaque NMT 1% of its weight and white, or as a white granular Test for Iodate: NMT powder 4micrograms per gram is found Slightly hygroscopic
Solubilizing agent for Iodine in Lugols solution Iodide source in table salt (0.01%) Used in some drinking water
Used for hyperthyroidism (larger doses) Expectorant, antitussive (300mg qid) Antifungal
Solutions of KI are neutral or alkaline to litmus Very soluble in water and even more so in boiling water, freely soluble in glycerine, and soluble in alcohol
Limit Test for Nitrate, Nitrite and Ammonia: No blue coloration of the paper is discernible Test for Thiosulfate and Barium: no turbidity develops within 1 minute Test for Heavy Metals: the limit is 0.001% Assay: a yellow endpoint prior to a dark brown that turns pale brown and red; Each mL of potassium iodate is equivalent to 16.60mg of KI.