Description

Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound and a precursor to other potassium compounds. It has high thermal stability and is a highly caustic metallic base and alkali salt. 

Applications

• Buffer reagent for alkaline lysis and pH purposes

• Alkalimetric titrations

• Catalyst in aldol condensation reactions

• Used in wet mount preparation of various clinical specimens for microscopic visualization of fungi

• Used to activate carbon

• Used to control atmospheric humidity in biological experiments

References

• “Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of wheat straw: Influence of feedwater pH prepared by acetic acid and potassium hydroxide”

• “Preparation of activated carbons from cherry stones by activation with potassium hydroxide”

• “A Better Potassium Hydroxide Preparation? In Vivo Diagnosis of Tinea With Confocal Microscopy”

• “Control of Humidity with Potassium Hydroxide, Sulphuric Acid, or other Solutions”

Not for human therapeutic use or for medicinal purposes. For research applications only.