Potassium Sulfate

DESCRIPTION

Potassium Sulfate is an inorganic chemical compound. It is also known as Sulfuric acid dipotassium salt or dipotassium sulfate. Potassium sulfate occurs naturally in volcanic lava and salt lakes. It appears as a colourless to white crystalline powder or crystals. It is odourless and has a bitter, hard and saline-like taste. It dissolves in water but insoluble in ethanol. Potassium sulphate is mainly used as a fertiliser for crops such as tobacco, some vegetables and fruits. It also serves as a salt substitute, flash reducer in artillery propellant charges, and in soda blasting. In addition, it is used as a supplement in animal feed and in the production of lubricants, dyes, ceramics, glass, and plasterboard. Other applications include the synthesis of aluminium potassium sulphate, the production of gypsum cement, and in explosives as an ignition suppressant.