Potassium aluminate is an inorganic compound with the formula KAlO2, which in aqueous solution exists as K[Al(OH)4].

Reactions

Potassium aluminate can be used to produce potassium alum with sulfuric acid in this reaction.

KAlO2 + 2 H2SO4 ⇌ KAl(SO4)2 + 2 H2O

References

  1. ^ Lide, David R. (1998). Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 4–76. ISBN 0-8493-0594-2.