Potassium hydroxide for industrial use
Warning: According to Clause 6 of GB 12268-2012, this product is a corrosive substance of Category 8, and shall be handled with care. Persons using this document shall be familiar with normal laboratory practice. This document does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user to establish appropriate safety and health practices and to ensure compliance with any national regulatory conditions.
1 Scope
This document specifies the typing, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, labeling and accompanying documents, packaging, transportation and storage of potassium hydroxide for industrial use.
This document is applicable to potassium hydroxide for industrial use.
Note: This product is primarily used in industries such as chemical, battery, pharmaceutical, light industry, dye, textile, and metallurgy. It serves as a raw material for chemical production, alkaline storage batteries, pharmaceutical intermediates, potassium soap, cosmetics (such as cold cream, vanishing cream, and shampoo), vat dyes, artificial fibers and polyester fibers, metallurgical heating agents, leather de-greasing, and other applications.
2 Normative references
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB 190 Labels for packages of dangerous goods
GB/T 191-2008 Packaging - Pictorial marking for handling of goods
GB/T 325.2 Packaging container - Steel drums - Part 2: Removable head (open head) drums with a minimum total capacity of 208L, 210L and 216.5L
GB/T 3049-2006 Chemical products for industrial use - General method for determination of iron content - 1,10-phenanthroline spectrophotometric method
GB/T 3050-2000 Inorganic chemical products for industrial use - General method for determination of chloride content - Potentiometric method
GB/T 3051-2000 Inorganic chemical products for industrial use - General method for determination of chloride content - Mercurimetric method
GB/T 6678 General principles for sampling chemical products
GB/T 6682-2008 Water for analytical laboratory use - Specification and test methods
GB/T 8170 Rules of rounding off for numerical values & expression and judgment of limiting values
GB 12463 General specifications for transport packages of dangerous goods
GB 18191 Packing containers - Plastic drum for packages of dangerous goods
GB/T 23950 Inorganic chemicals for industrial use - General method for determination of heavy metals
HG/T 3696.1 Inorganic chemicals for industrial use - Preparations of standard and reagent solutions for chemical analysis - Part 1: Preparations of standard volumetric solutions
HG/T 3696.2 Inorganic chemicals for industrial use - Preparations of standard and reagent solutions for chemical analysis - Part 2: Preparations of standard solutions for impurity
HG/T 3696.3 Inorganic chemicals for industrial use - Preparations of standard and reagent solutions for chemical analysis - Part 3: Preparations of reagent solutions
Recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods: Model regulations (21st revised edition, United Nations, 2019)
3 Terms and definitions
There are no terms and definitions that need to be defined in this document.
4 Molecular formula and relative molecular mass
Molecular formula: KOH.
Relative molecular mass: 56.11 (as per the international relative atomic mass in 2022).
Contents
Foreword I
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Molecular formula and relative molecular mass
5 Typing
6 Requirements
7 Test methods
8 Inspection rules
9 Marking, labeling and accompanying documents
10 Packaging, transportation and storage
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