Timeline for Can I synthesize potassium hydroxide from readily available materials?
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| Jul 14, 2021 at 4:06 | comment | added | Poutnik | Controlling of bubbling melted carbonate ( m.p < 900 Deg C) seems more difficult than checking/precipitating of residual calcium by extra carbonate. Glowing foam could easily cause fire. | |
| Jul 13, 2021 at 22:01 | history | edited | DrMoishe Pippik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 13, 2021 at 21:49 | comment | added | DrMoishe Pippik | @Poutnik, "a great deal of energy" was stated. Perhaps a pottery kiln? Decomposition temp ~1200 °C, which can be reached in a kiln. Amending answer for that.Admittedly, not easy to do. | |
| Jul 13, 2021 at 10:15 | comment | added | Poutnik | I am curious, how would you easily convert K2CO3 to KOH by heating at home , assuming you cannot afford even KOH shipping. The medieval way M2CO3 + Ca(OH)2(from bricklayers) -> CaCO3 + 2 MOH seems to be much easier. | |
| Jul 12, 2021 at 19:34 | history | edited | DrMoishe Pippik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 12, 2021 at 12:58 | comment | added | alephzero | Potassium bicarbonate is used in agriculture as a fungicide, and as a soil conditioner to control acidity. It is also used in dry powder fire extinguishers, and as an alternative to sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) in cooking by people on a low-sodium diet. Depending how pure you need it, you should be able to find a source for it somewhere. | |
| Jul 12, 2021 at 7:33 | comment | added | Poutnik | @Jaredbrandt K2CO3 is often available as well.// Just for curiosity - it is largely used in Dutch processing of cocoa ( cocoa gets from light brown to dark brown by the process ) to produce chocolate from inferior cocoa beans, enhancing cocoa flavour and removing acidity. | |
| Jul 12, 2021 at 4:40 | comment | added | Jared Brandt | What other potassium salts are generally available?? | |
| Jul 12, 2021 at 3:56 | history | answered | DrMoishe Pippik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |