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
| ChemSpiderID = 8394879
| 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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| GHSSignalWord = Danger
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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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