I purchased a container of lab quality potassium hydroxide this week.
I just opened the container and it is in a flake form.
What is the best way to get to a state that I can measure it?
There is enough space in the bottle I can add about a cup of water. Could I add water and make it into a solution?
I would probably use a separate container(jar) to mix the KOH with water. Maybe a table spoon or two at a time. I do not think that it takes much KOH to get very good results.
I do not have a recommended Water to KOH ratio. However I would guess at about 2 table spoons per gallon.
How to precisely measure electrolyte percentages.
To precisely measure a ratio of KOH, NaOH, Baking Soda, or other solid electrolyte chemical to water: measure your chemical by weight and your water by volume, in similar units of measure.
Examples:
1 gram per liter,
5 grams per liter,
10 grams per liter,
25 grams per liter, etc.
Keep a little portable calculator handy to convert back to standard if you don't have metric measuring capabilities.
3.785 liters = 1 gallon (It says so on the outside of a 1 gallon water jug!)
28 grams = 1 ounce (Go to OnlineConversion.com for fast & free conversions)
Unless you are from the UK where its 4.546 liters to a gallonOriginally Posted by HYDROTEKPRO
3.785 liters = 1 gallon (It says so on the outside of a 1 gallon water jug!)
conversions)
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Is anyone aware of where you can get KOH in liquid form? I've heard drain cleaners, but I don't know if I should go that route due to the additional ingredients. I've heard that people recommend KOH all over this forum but I haven't really seen or heard where I can get my hands on some!
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I looked in the Chemicals listing in the yellow pages, and found a place that sold me a one pound container of KOH for 13.00, plus a gallon of gas to get there. And then another one to get back!
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I read here that the boiling point of KOH is 1320 Celcius!!!! Can that possibly be right?? That's 2408 Fahrenheit!!! Would this raise the boiling point of water, KOH mixture?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_hydroxide
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If KOH is like NaOH then adding water will create alot of heat, so make sure its in a glass bottle if you do add.
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