White crystalline powder, easy to deliquescence, with alkali taste. Soluble in water and ethanol, insoluble in ether.
Application:
Buffers, diuretics, fabric and paper softeners, catalysts, etc
Analytical reagents, also used in pharmaceutical industry and transparent glass ingredients
Dehydration agent, fiber treatment agent and analytical reagent.
In the pharmaceutical industry, as the culture medium of Penicillium, potassium acetate is used as raw material in the production of cortisone acetate, hydroprednisolone acetate, dexamethasone acetate, betamethasone, dexamethasone acetate and so on.