449148

Potassium fluoride

anhydrous, powder, ≥99.9% trace metals basis

• Synonym(s): Potassium monofluoride, Potassium monofluoride (KF)
• Linear Formula: KF
• CAS Number: 7789-23-3
• Molecular Weight: 58.10
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 3902818
• EC Number: 232-151-5
• MDL number: MFCD00011398
• UNSPSC Code: 12352302
• PubChem Substance ID: 24868456
• NACRES: NA.23

Properties

• grade: anhydrous
• Quality Level: 100
• assay: ≥99.9% trace metals basis
• form: powder
• impurities: ≤1000.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis
• mp: 858 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: [F-].[K+]
• InChI: 1S/FH.K/h1H;/q;+1/p-1
• InChI key: NROKBHXJSPEDAR-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Description

General description

Potassium fluoride is a white crystalline solid that is highly soluble in water. It is a strong base widely used in the field of catalysis, polymer synthesis, and semiconductor devices. KF has a relatively high melting point. It dissolves well in hydrofluoric acid. However, KF is insoluble in alcohol.

Application

Potassium fluoride can be used:

• To fabricate CIGS thin films solar cells. Efficiency increased by up to 21.7% after KF postdeposition treatment. This was due to the formation of a K-containing layer on the CIGS surface, which resulted in increased surface reactivity due to the formation of a bilayer structure in which a K—In—Se species covers the CIGSe compound.
• To fabricate 2D vanadium carbide MXene for supercapacitor electrodes.
• To synthesize sulfonyl fluoride through electrochemical oxidative coupling.
• As an electrolyte additive for Li-ion batteries.
• As a catalyst for ring-opening fluorination of cyclic thioethers.
• To synthesize solid base catalysts, KF/Ca−Mg−Al hydrotalcite for the production of Biodiesel via transesterification reactions.

A versatile fluoride ion source used in a study of ion-specific swelling and de-swelling of ampholytic polymer gels, in the room temperature oxidation of noble metals in HF, and in the measurement of electronic polarizabilities of ions in polymers of alkali halides.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS06,GHS05
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H301 + H311 + H331,H318
• pcodes: P261 - P280 - P301 + P310 - P302 + P352 + P312 - P304 + P340 + P311 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1
• Storage Class: 6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable