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Potassium Spheres

CAS #: 7440-09-7
Linear Formula:
K
MDL Number
MFCD00133776
EC No.:
N/A

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Potassium Spheres Properties (Theoretical)

Molecular Weight 39.1
Appearance Soft, silvery metal
Melting Point 63.25 °C
Boiling Point 760 °C
Density 0.862 g/cm3
Solubility in H2O N/A
Poisson's Ratio N/A
Young's Modulus 3.53 GPa
Vickers Hardness N/A
Tensile Strength N/A
Thermal Conductivity 1.025 W/cm/K @ 298.2 K
Thermal Expansion (25 °C) 83.3 µm/(m·K)
Electrical Resistivity 6.15 microhm-cm @ 0°C
Electronegativity 0.8 Paulings
Specific Heat 0.180 Cal/g/K @ 25°C
Heat of Fusion 0.574 Cal/gm mole
Heat of Vaporization 18.9 K-Cal/gm atom at 760°C

Potassium Spheres Health & Safety Information

Signal Word Danger
Hazard Statements H260-H314
Hazard Codes F,C
Risk Codes 14/15-34
Safety Statements 8-43-45
RTECS Number N/A
Transport Information UN 2257 4.3/PG 1
WGK Germany 1
GHS Pictogram
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Corrosive - GHS05
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Flammable - GHS02
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Health Hazard - GHS08

About Potassium Spheres

High purity potassium spheresAmerican Elements specializes in producing high purity uniform shaped Potassium Spheres with the highest possible density and smallest possible average grain sizes for use in semiconductor, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) processes including Thermal and Electron Beam (E-Beam) Evaporation, Low Temperature Organic Evaporation, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Metallic-Organic and Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD). Our standard slug sizes range from 1/8" x 1/8" to 1/4" x 1/4" and 3 mm diameter. We can also provide spheres outside this range for ultra high purity thin film applications, such as fuel cells and solar energy layers. Materials are produced using crystallization, solid state and other ultra high purification processes such as sublimation. American Elements specializes in producing custom compositions for commercial and research applications and for new proprietary technologies. American Elements also casts any of the rare earth metals and most other advanced materials into rod, bar, or plate form, as well as other machined shapes. We also produce Potassium as rod, pellets, powder, pieces, disc, granules, and wire, as nanoparticles and in compound forms, such as oxide.

Synonyms

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Chemical Identifiers

Linear Formula K
Pubchem CID 5462222
MDL Number MFCD00133776
EC No. N/A
Beilstein/Reaxys No. N/A
SMILES [K]
InchI Identifier InChI=1S/K
InchI Key ZLMJMSJWJFRBEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Molecular Weight
Standard InchI
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Packaging Specifications

Typical bulk packaging includes palletized plastic 5 gallon/25 kg. pails, fiber and steel drums to 1 ton super sacks in full container (FCL) or truck load (T/L) quantities. Research and sample quantities and hygroscopic, oxidizing or other air sensitive materials may be packaged under argon or vacuum. Shipping documentation includes a Certificate of Analysis and Safety Data Sheet (SDS). Solutions are packaged in polypropylene, plastic or glass jars up to palletized 440 gallon liquid totes, and 36,000 lb. tanker trucks.

Related Elements

Elemental PotassiumSee more Potassium products. Potassium (atomic symbol: K, atomic number: 19) is a Block S, Group 1, Period 4 element with an atomic weight of 39.0983. The number of electrons in each of Potassium's shells is [2, 8, 8, 1] and its electron configuration is [Ar] 4s1. The potassium atom has a radius of 227.2 pm and a Van der Waals radius of 275 pm. Potassium was discovered and first isolated by Sir Humphrey Davy in 1807. Potassium is the seventh most abundant element on earth. It is one of the most reactive and electropositive of all metals and rapidly oxidizes. As with other alkali metals, potassium decomposes in water with the evolution of hydrogen because of its reacts violently with water, it only occurs in nature in ionic salts.Potassium Bohr Model In its elemental form, potassium has a silvery gray metallic appearance, but its compounds (such as potassium hydroxide) are more frequently used in industrial and chemical applications. The origin of the element's name comes from the English word 'potash,' meaning pot ashes, and the Arabic word qali, which means alkali. The symbol K originates from the Latin word kalium.