Potassium Fluoborate

We are one of the prominent Manufacturer, Supplier and Exporter of Potassium Fluoborate from Sarigam, Gujarat. Our Potassium Fluoborate is popularly used as flux in metal processing, and in manufacturing process of aluminum and boron alloys. Processed by experts using advanced machinery, our chemical powder is widely demanded in India, Middle East and East Asia. We are capable of delivering bulk orders of Potassium Fluoborate within stipulated time.
Other Names : Potassium Fluoborate, Potassium Tetrafluoroborate, KBF₄, Potassium boronfluoride
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• White powder, non hygroscopic and bittering
• Hexagonal rhombus crystal when crystallized from aqueous solution.
• Relative density is 2.50, mp 529.5^oC.
• Slightly soluble in water and hot ethanol
• Decomposes at melting point, reacts with strong acids such as sulfuric acid to produce boron trifluoride
• Reacts with alkaline metal carbonates to produce fluoride and borate

Specifications :

• Molecular weight : 126.00
• Description : White Powder
• Assay : 98.5% Min
• Florine value : 59%
• Boron as B : 8.5%
• Chloride as Cl : 0.003%
• Sulphate SO₄ : 0.002%
• Iron content as : 0.10%
• Silica content as : 0.10%

Uses : Potassium fluoborate is used as a flux in the metal processing, surface treatment, and in the manufacture of aluminum, titanium and boron alloys. It is also used as a component for the fabrication of grinding wheel and abrasive disc to reduce the operating temperature, as a fire retardant for cotton and artificial fiber, and an erodent for the removal of exposed lead circuit board.
Packing : In plastic woven bags with double inner linear of 25 kg, 50kg.