Main page (Russian) Search in database (English)

Properties of substance:

potassium persulfate

Synonyms:

potassium peroxydisulfate

Group of substances:

inorganic

Physical appearance:

colorless triclinic crystals

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

K2O8S2

Structural formula as text:

K2S2O8

Molar/atomic mass: 270.31

Decomposition temperature (°C):

200

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

ethanol: insoluble [Ref.]
hydrogen fluoride : very soluble [Ref.]
water: 1.7 (0°C) [Ref.]
water: 2.9 (10°C) [Ref.]
water: 4.8 (20°C) [Ref.]
water: 6.1 (25°C) [Ref.]
water: 7.6 (30°C) [Ref.]
water: 11.4 (40°C) [Ref.]
water: 16.8 (50°C) [Ref.]

Density:

2.48 (20°C, g/cm3)

Reactions:

  1. [Ref.1]
    2K2S2O8 → 2K2S2O7 + O2
  2. [Ref.1]
    5K2S2O8 + 2MnSO4 + 8H2O → 2KMnO4 + 8H2SO4 + 4K2SO4
  3. [Ref.1aster]
    NaIO3 + 4NaOH + K2S2O8 → Na3H3IO6 + K2SO4 + Na2SO4 + H2O

Refractive index (nD):

1.461 (20°C)

Electrode potential:

S2O82- + 2e- → 2SO42-, E = 2.01 V (water, 25°C)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

-1918 (s)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

278.7 (s)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

213.1 (s)

LD50 (mg/kg):

1650 (white rats, oral)
1250 (white mice, oral)

References:

  1. Ефимов А.И. и др. Свойства неорганических соединений. Справочник. - Л.: Химия, 1983. - pp. 130-131 [Russian]
  2. Рабинович В.А., Хавин З.Я. Краткий химический справочник. - Л.: Химия, 1977. - pp. 69 [Russian]
  3. Справочник химика. - Т. 2. - Л.-М.: Химия, 1964. - pp. 84-85 [Russian]
  4. Токсикологический вестник. - 2003. - №2. - pp. 34 [Russian]
  5. Успехи химии. - 1965. - Т.34, №12. - pp. 2119-2120 [Russian]

    What information do you need?




    © Collected Ruslan Anatolievich Kiper, burewestnik@mail.ru