POTASSIUM BROMATE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO. 7758-01-2

POTASSIUM BROMATE

EINECS NO. 231-829-8
FORMULA KBrO3
MOL WT. 167.01

H.S. CODE

 
TOXICITY Oral rat LD50: 321 mg/kg
SYNONYMS Bromic Acid, Potassium Salt;
SMILES

 

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE white crystalline powder, odorless
MELTING POINT 370 C (Decomposes)
BOILING POINT  
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 3.27
SOLUBILITY IN WATER Soluble
pH 7
VAPOR DENSITY 5.8

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

Health:2 Flammability: 0 Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 

FLASH POINT Not combustible but strong oxidizer
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions

APPLICATIONS

Potassium Bromate is used as an oxidizing agent, food additive (maturing flour and dough conditioner in milling and baking, manufacturing cheese and and malting beer). It is used to fracture concrete in combination wuth aluminum and dinitrotoluene. It is also used as a brominating agent in the synthesis of chemical compounds.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

white crystalline powder

ASSAY

99.5% min

TRANSMITTANCE

92% min ( 5% sol.)

SULPHATE

0.05% max

HEAVY METAL

10ppm max

ARSENIC

3ppm max

LOSS ON DRYING

0.3% max

TRANSPORTATION

PACKING 50kgs in fiber drum
HAZARD CLASS 5.1 (Packing Group: II)
UN NO. 1484
OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: T O, Risk Phrases: 25/45/9, Safety Phrases: 53/45