
Potassium Chloride
Potassium chloride is a metal chloride salt with a K(+) counterion. It has a role as a NMR chemical shift reference compound and a fertilizer. It is an inorganic potassium salt, a potassium salt and an inorganic chloride. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- potassium chloride
- Molecular formula
- ClK
- Molecular weight
- 74.55 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 73.9325592 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 0.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 2
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:32588
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1200731
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5021178
- PubMed:41627613
- PubMed:39192017
- PubMed:37217659
- PubMed:31778773
- PubMed:31332465
- PubMed:30842373
- PubMed:30320338
- PubMed:29691375
- PubMed:29293066
- PubMed:29161229
- PubMed:28085149
- PubMed:27422357
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