Potassium_bifluoride

Potassium bifluoride

Potassium bifluoride

Chemical compound

Potassium bifluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula K[HF2]. This colourless salt consists of the potassium cation (K+) and the bifluoride anion ([HF2]−). The salt is used as an etchant for glass. Sodium bifluoride is related and is also of commercial use as an etchant as well as in cleaning products.[3]

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Synthesis and reactions

The salt was prepared by Edmond Frémy by treating potassium carbonate or potassium hydroxide with hydrofluoric acid:

2 HF + KOH → K[HF2] + H2O

With one more equivalent of HF, K[H2F3] (CAS#12178-06-2, m.p. 71.7 C)[clarification needed] is produced:

HF + K[HF2] → K[H2F3]

Thermal decomposition of K[HF2] gives hydrogen fluoride:

K[HF2] → HF + KF

Applications

The industrial production of fluorine entails the electrolysis of molten K[HF2] and K[H2F3].[3] The electrolysis of K[HF2] was first used by Henri Moissan in 1886.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Westrum, Edgar F. Jr.; Pitzer, Kenneth S. (June 1949). "Thermodynamics of the System KHF2-KF-HF, Including Heat Capacities and Entropies of KHF2, and KF. The Nature of the Hydrogen Bond in KHF2". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 71 (6): 1940–1949. doi:10.1021/ja01174a012.
  2. [2]
    "Potassium bifluoride". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    Aigueperse, Jean; Mollard, Paul; Devilliers, Didier; Chemla, Marius; Faron, Robert; Romano, René; Cuer, Jean Pierre (2000). "Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a11_307. ISBN 978-3527306732.
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