High Purity White Granular Potassium Carbonate K2CO3 98%-99.5% for Glass and Tableware Making with Density 2.43 g/mL and Melting Point 891°C

Potassium Carbonate (K2CO3) is an inorganic compound with CAS No 584-08-7, widely used in tableware manufacturing. This white crystalline powder has a molecular weight of 138.206, density of 2.428g/cm³, and melting point of 891℃. It's highly soluble in water (forming alkaline solutions) but insoluble in ethanol, acetone, and ether. The product exhibits strong hygroscopicity and converts to potassium bicarbonate when exposed to air.

• Food Industry: Used as leavening agent, alkaline agent, and dough improver to enhance food color and flavor while reducing sourness in noodle products.
• Chemical Industry: Essential raw material for producing electronic/television/computer display glass and optical glass, improving transparency, strength, and refractive index.
• Pharmaceutical Industry: Used in manufacturing foam alkali, polyester, electroplating materials, leather, ceramics, building materials, crystals, and pharmaceuticals.
• Agricultural Applications: Serves as thermal quick-acting fertilizer containing potassium and trace elements to promote plant growth and improve disease resistance.
• Other Uses: Functions as gas adsorbent, dry powder fire extinguisher, rubber anti-aging agent, and for removing carbon dioxide from fertilizer synthesis gas.

• Enhances glaze hardness and luster: Acts as glass forming agent in ceramic glaze, increasing durability and aesthetic appeal.
• pH regulation: Adjusts glaze acidity/alkalinity to improve quality and surface appearance.
• Improves dye adhesion: Serves as mordant in printing/dyeing processes to enhance color vividness and adhesion.