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Potassium chloride is used as a raw material for the production of potassium hydroxide. It occurs naturally, mostly as sylvinite, and can be purified by crystallisation from solution, flotation or electrostatic separation.

Typical compositions of potassium chloride used in chlor-alkali electrolysis are shown in the following table:

Component
 		 Salt used by/from
Spolchemie K & S Kali GmbH
KCl 98.5-99.5% 99.1%
Na+ 0.2-0.6% 0.3%
H20 < 0.2% 0.1%
SO42- < 0.1% 0.03%
Br- 0.04-0.1% 0.2%
Ca2+ n.a. 0.006%
Mg2+ n.a. 0.006%

 

Source: T. Brinkmann et al. Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document for the Production of Chlor-alkali. Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU. EUR 26844. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union; 2014. JRC91156.

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