Potassium Bromide 98.0-100.5% Ph Eur V

What is Potassium Bromide? Potassium Bromide (chemical formula KBr) is an inorganic compound with applications in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, photography, and chemical synthesis. It is a white crystalline powder or solid, highly soluble in water, and is sometimes referred to by alternate names such as Kalium Bromide. 

Consistent Quality: We use only carefully sourced Potassium Bromide 98.0-100.5%, meeting the standards of Pharmaceutical Grade and European Pharmacopoeia, ensuring reliable and consistent performance in pharmaceuticals, industrial applications, and laboratory research.

Shipped from Manchester, UK Facility: Sourced and packaged in non-toxic, chemical-resistant containers, ensuring safe handling and maintaining the product’s quality during transport.

Frequent Uses

Photography and Imaging
A key ingredient in photographic emulsions, where it serves as a stabiliser and helps control the sensitivity of the photographic material. 

Chemical Synthesis
In chemical laboratories, it is widely used as a reagent in the synthesis of bromine-based compounds. It is used in various organic reactions, including the formation of alkyl bromides and the preparation of other brominated chemicals. 

Analytical Chemistry
Used in analytical chemistry for its role in qualitative analysis. It is used in the preparation of bromine compounds, which are critical in a variety of detection methods.

Industrial Applications
Used in various industrial applications, including in the production of flame retardants, dyes, and polymers. It is used as an intermediate in the synthesis of other bromine compounds, which are then utilised in industries such as textiles.

• As a veterinary anti-convulsant
• Manufacturing of photographic papers
• Process engraving and lithography
• Spectroscopy
• As an analytical lab reagent

Conforms to Ph Eur V

Minimum Assay: >98.0-100.5%
Molecular Formula: KBr 
Molecular Weight: 119.08
Melting Point: 730 deg C
Boiling Point: 1435 deg C
Refractive Index: 1.559
Chloride (Cl): <0.6%
Sulphate (SO4): <100ppm
Iron (Fe): <20ppm
Heavy Metals (as Pb): <10ppm
Magnesium (Mg) and other earth metals (as Ca): <200pm
Loss on drying (3 hours): <1%

Cas Number: 7758-02-3

Einecs Number: 231-830-3

HS Code / Commodity Code: 2827510000