POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION
POTASSIUM CARBONATE SOLUTION
FOOD AND AGROCHEMICALS
With global food demand on the rise, potassium derivatives provide innovative solutions to help feed a growing world population. They help create complex fertilizers for greenhouse and outdoor crops, providing an essential tool for drought affected farmers.
In food production, potassium derivatives act as preservatives and acidity regulators for processed foods. In some cases it can also be used to improve the colour or taste of food products. The dried fruit industry enjoys a faster, improved control of the drying process thanks to potassium derivatives while in other food-related industries they are used as leavening agents in baked goods, as an effervescent agent or to reduce the sodium level of food products.
CONSUMER CARE
Potassium derivatives are present in many home and personal care products, serving as direct intermediates for the formulation of, for example, moisturizers and lotions.
From bath products to oral and hair care items, potassium derivatives possess the right properties to act as bulking agents, abrasives, pH adjusters, buffering agents, absorbents and opacifying agents.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Potassium derivatives are used for a wide range of industrial applications. The de-icing industry uses potassium hydroxide in environmentally friendly solutions to de-ice airport runways, thereby enabling safe travel.
You can find many potassium-derived solutions at work behind the scenes to enhance material properties such as brilliance, electrical resistivity and increased temperature range.
Other general industry applications include the use of potassium derivatives as a binder and a fluxing agent in welding rods, in specialty glass manufacturing to increase a windshield’s refractive index as well as in metal surface, textile and water treatment.
PHARMACEUTICALS
Vynova supplies potassium derivatives for a wide range of pharmaceutical applications, including the treatment of potassium deficiency in patients.
Potassium derivatives are most often utilized as a pharmaceutical excipient playing a supporting role to the active drugs. They help transport the active drug to the required site in the body while preventing premature release and ensuring steady dosing of the active ingredients. In addition, potassium derivatives can improve the taste of medication for children, help capsules disintegrate and act as a preservative, increasing the shelf life of pharmaceuticals.
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