Potassium Chloride Technical Grade

The chemical compound potassium chloride (KCl) is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. In its pure state it is odorless. It has a white or colorless vitreous crystal, with a crystal structure that cleaves easily in three directions. Potassium chloride crystals are face-centered cubic. Potassium chloride is also commonly known as "muriate of potash". Potash varies in color from pink or red to white depending on the mining and recovery process used. KCl is used in medicine, scientific applications, food processing and in judicial execution through lethal injection. It occurs naturally as the mineral sylvite and in combination with sodium chloride as sylvinite. Potassium Chloride Technical Grade is used as white powder and technical grade 98% of purity.