Potassium aluminate

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{{cite book | last = Lide | first = David R. | year = 1998

| title = Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

| edition = 87 | volume =

| location = Boca Raton, Florida

| publisher = CRC Press

| isbn = 0-8493-0594-2 | pages = 4–76}}

| IUPACName = potassium aluminate

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| CASNo = 12003-63-3

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| EC_number = 234-432-8

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| UNII = TGN4M9CD7R

| PubChem = 23670858

| StdInChI=1S/Al.K.2O/q;+1;;-1

| StdInChIKey = KVOIJEARBNBHHP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| SMILES = [O-][Al]=O.[K+]

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| Formula = {{chem2|K2Al2O4}}

| K=2 | Al=2 | O=4

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Potassium aluminate is an inorganic compound with the empirical formula KAlO2, which in aqueous solution exists as K[Al(OH)4].

Reactions

Potassium aluminate can be used to produce potassium alum with sulfuric acid in this reaction.

:{{chem2|KAlO2 + 2 H2SO4 <-> KAl(SO4)2 + 2 H2O}}

References

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