potassium selenate
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| SMILES = [K+].[K+].[O-][Se]([O-])(=O)=O
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| PubChem = 62680
| InChI = 1S/2K.H2O4Se/c;;1-5(2,3)4/h;;(H2,1,2,3,4)/q2*+1;/p-2
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| CASNo = 7790-59-2
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|Section2={{Chembox Properties
| Formula = {{chem|K|2|SeO|4}}
| MolarMass = 221.2 g/mol{{cite web | title=Potassium Selenate K2SeO4 Molecular Weight | website=EndMemo | url=http://www.endmemo.com/chem/compound/k2seo4.php | access-date=2019-09-03}}
| Appearance = colorless crystals
hygroscopic
| Odor = odorless
| Density = 3.07 g/cm3{{cite web | access-date=2019-09-03 | url=https://www.americanelements.com/potassium-selenate-7790-59-2 | title=Potassium Selenate | website=American Elements}}
| Solubility = 1.07 g/ml (0 °C)
1.11 g/ml (20 °C)
1.22 g/ml (100 °C)
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| OtherAnions = Potassium sulfate
| OtherCations = Sodium selenate
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Potassium selenate, {{chem|K|2|SeO|4}}, is an odorless, white solid that forms as the potassium salt of selenic acid.
Preparation
Potassium selenate is produced by the reaction of selenium trioxide and potassium hydroxide.
:{{chem2| SeO3 + 2 KOH → K2SeO4 + H2O}}
Alternatively, it can be made by treating selenous acid with potassium hydroxide, followed by oxidation of the resulting potassium selenite with bromine water.{{cite book|last1=Rosenfeld|first1=Irene|last2=Beath|first2=Orville A.|title=Selenium: Geobotany, Biochemistry, Toxicity, and Nutrition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLLfBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA305|year=2013|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-1-4832-7590-1|page=305}}
:{{chem2| H2SeO3 + 2 KOH → K2SeO3 + 2 H2O}}
:{{chem2| K2SeO3 + 2 KOH + Br2 → K2SeO4 + 2 KBr + H2O}}
Uses
Potassium selenate can be used to produce selenium trioxide.{{cite book | last=Sicius | first=Hermann | title=Chalkogene : elemente der sechsten hauptgruppe. | publisher=Springer | date=2015 | isbn=978-3-658-10522-8 | oclc=919684689 | language=de|page=28}} It can also use to treat selenium deficiency in livestock.{{cite book | last=Wolfgang Löscher | first=Angelika Richter, Heidrun Potschka | title=Pharmakotherapie bei Haus- und Nutztieren | publisher=Enke | publication-place=Stuttgart | date=2014 | isbn=978-3-8304-1250-2 | oclc=891036290 | language=de}}