Potassium hydroxide solution (KOH aqueous) is a colourless inorganic liquid that acts as a strong base (alkali). KOH solution is also known as caustic potash or potash lye and has many different applications. During the KOH liquid production process, chlorine and hydrogen are formed as co-products.

How do you make a potassium hydroxide solution?

for preparing 60% KOH solution, you have to just weigh 600 g pellets of KOH and dissolve in 1000 ml of distilled water (or, 60 g KOH pellets dissolved in 100 ml distilled water. Yes, Jose. It is just weight of salt/volume of distilled water. No need to consider molecular weight of salt.

What is the difference between KOH and NaOH?

Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) and Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) are almost interchangeable. ... At the molecular level, potassium hydroxide is also slightly smaller than sodium hydroxide; therefore, it can penetrate oil molecules faster than sodium hydroxide, thus breaking the oil's hold on surfaces quicker.