Potassium bromide

vapor pressure

<0.01 mmHg ( 20 °C)
1 mmHg ( 795 °C)

grade

puriss.

Assay

99.5-100.5%

quality

meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP

impurities

acidity or alkalinity, complies
residual solvents, complies
≤0.0005% ammonium (NH₄)
≤0.001% heavy metals (as Pb)
≤0.02% Mg, alkaline earth metals (as Ca)

loss

≤0.3% loss on drying, 130 °C

pH

5-8 (20 °C, 5%)

mp

734 °C (lit.)

anion traces

bromate (BrO₃^-): ≤10 mg/kg
chloride (Cl^-): ≤2000 mg/kg
iodide (I^-): ≤200 mg/kg
sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤50 mg/kg

cation traces

As: ≤3 mg/kg
Ba: ≤10 mg/kg
Ca: ≤50 mg/kg
Fe: ≤10 mg/kg
Mg: ≤20 mg/kg
Na: ≤1500 mg/kg

suitability

complies for appearance of solution

SMILES string

[K+].[Br-]

InChI

1S/BrH.K/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

IOLCXVTUBQKXJR-UHFFFAOYSA-M