Potassium bromate | SSHADE

Solid phase

Official name: Potassium bromate

Name and identifiers

CAS number: 7758-01-2

Family: ionic solid
Class: alkali salt
Compound type: bromate

Chemical composition

Formula: $K^+ \cdot BrO_3^{-}$
Chemical formula: KBrO3
Elemental formula: (K+) Br O2 (O-)
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$K^+$	Potassium(1+) cation	element	1	0.5	1	constituent cation	main
	$BrO_3^-$	Bromate ion	molecule	1	0.5	1	constituent anion	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$K^+ \cdot O^{-}-$	1
	$\gg Br-O^{-}$	1
	$\eqslantgtr Br=O$	2

Class: alkali salts (06)
Type: simple alkali salts (06.01)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: trigonal
Crystal class: ditrigonal-pyramidal
Crystal class symbol: 3m (C3v)
Crystal spacegroup: R3m

Physical properties

Molar mass: 167 $g/mol$
Density: 3.27 (3.01 calculated) $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-liquid	liquid	350°C (623K)

Optical properties

Color: white

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