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Potassium superoxide, also known as potassium oxide, is a light yellow powder or chunk with a melting point of 948°F. It is a highly reactive compound that readily ignites when mixed with combustible materials and exposed to friction, heat, or moisture. Prolonged exposure to fire or heat may cause vigorous decomposition and potential container rupture.

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Uses

Used in Breathing Equipment:
Potassium superoxide is used as an oxygen generator and carbon dioxide scrubber for breathing equipment. Its ability to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen makes it suitable for applications such as mountaineering, submarines, and spacecraft. The chemical reaction is as follows: 4KO2(s) + 2CO2(g) → 2K2CO3(s) + 3O2(g).
Used in Firefighting and Mine Rescue:
Potassium superoxide is employed as a carbon dioxide scrubber, water dehumidifier, and oxygen generator in rebreathers for firefighting and mine rescue work. Its properties help maintain a safe breathing environment in challenging and hazardous conditions.
Used in Spacecraft and Submarines:
In spacecraft and submarines, potassium superoxide is utilized as a crucial component of life support systems. It serves as an oxygen source and carbon dioxide remover, ensuring a sustainable and breathable atmosphere for the crew.
Used as a Reagent and Intermediate:
Potassium superoxide is also used in various chemical processes as a reagent and intermediate due to its unique chemical properties and reactivity.

Air & Water Reactions

Reacts explosively with water [Mellor 2, Supp. 3: 1631. 1963].

Reactivity Profile

Potassium superoxide is a powerful oxidizer. Forms on the surface of potassium metal, solid or molten, that is exposed to the air. Attempts to extinguish burning potassium with powdered graphite has resulted in violent explosions [Chem. Abstr. 63:424. 1965]. Highly oxidized potassium metal was dropped into a dish of ethyl alcohol, an immediate explosion shattered the dish. Potassium superoxide was considered the cause of the reaction [Health and Safety Inf. 251. 1967]. Potassium superoxide should not be added to pure organic materials (hydrocarbons), as ignition and violent explosion may occur. Oxidation of arsenic, antimony, copper, potassium, tin, or zinc proceeds with incandescence, [Mellor, 1941, Vol. 2, 493]. Interaction between the superoxide and diselenium dichloride is violent, [Mellor, 1947, Vol. 10, 897].

Hazard

Corrosive to tissue.

Health Hazard

TOXIC; inhalation, ingestion or contact (skin, eyes) with vapors, dusts or substance may cause severe injury, burns or death. Fire may produce irritating and/or toxic gases. Toxic fumes or dust may accumulate in confined areas (basement, tanks, hopper/tank cars, etc.). Runoff from fire control or dilution water may cause pollution.

Fire Hazard

May explode from friction, heat or contamination. These substances will accelerate burning when involved in a fire. May ignite combustibles (wood, paper, oil, clothing, etc.). Some will react explosively with hydrocarbons (fuels). Containers may explode when heated. Runoff may create fire or explosion hazard.

Safety Profile

Explosive reaction when heated with carbon, 2-aminophenol + tetrahydrofuran (at 65°C). Forms a friction- sensitive explosive mixture with hydrocarbons. Violent reaction with lselenium dichloride, ethanol, potassium- sodium alloy. May ignite on contact with organic compounds. Incandescent reaction with metals (e.g., arsenic, antimony, copper, potassium, tin, and zinc). When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of K2O. See also PEROXIDES.

Check Digit Verification of cas no

The CAS Registry Mumber 12030-88-5 includes 8 digits separated into 3 groups by hyphens. The first part of the number,starting from the left, has 5 digits, 1,2,0,3 and 0 respectively; the second part has 2 digits, 8 and 8 respectively.
Calculate Digit Verification of CAS Registry Number 12030-88:
(7*1)+(6*2)+(5*0)+(4*3)+(3*0)+(2*8)+(1*8)=55
55 % 10 = 5
So 12030-88-5 is a valid CAS Registry Number.
InChI:InChI=1/K.O2/c;1-2/q+1;

12030-88-5SDS

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Product name Potassium Superoxide

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Other names Potassium superoxide

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12030-88-5Relevant articles and documents

Thermo-analytical Investigations on the Superoxides AO2 (A = K, Rb, Cs), Revealing Facile Access to Sesquioxides A4O6

Merz, Patrick,Schmidt, Marcus,Felser, Claudia,Jansen, Martin

, p. 544 - 547 (2017)

Rb4O6 and Cs4O6 represent open shell p electron systems, featuring charge, spin, orbital and structural degrees of freedom, which makes them unique candidates for studying the ordering processes related, otherwise exclusively encountered in transition metal based materials. Probing the physical responses has been restrained by the intricacy of synthesizing appropriate amounts of phase pure samples. Tracing the thermal decomposition of respective superoxides has revealed that at least the rubidium and cesium sesquioxides exist in thermodynamic equilibrium, appropriate p-T conditions given. These insights have paved the way to highly efficient and convenient access to Rb4O6 and Cs4O6.

Reactions of Superoxide with Iron Porphyrins in the Bulk and the Near-Surface Region of Ionic Liquids

Dees, Anne,Jux, Norbert,Tr?ppner, Oliver,Dürr, Katharina,Lippert, Rainer,Schmid, Martin,Küstner, Bernd,Schlücker, Sebastian,Steinrück, Hans-Peter,Gottfried, J. Michael,Ivanovi?-Burmazovi?, Ivana

, p. 6862 - 6872 (2015)

The redox reaction of superoxide (KO2) with highly charged iron porphyrins (Fe(P4+), Fe(P8+), and Fe(P8-)) has been investigated in the ionic liquids (IL) [EMIM][Tf2N] (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide) a

A study of the kinetics of synthesis of potassium superoxide from an alkaline solution of hydrogen peroxide

Zhdanov,Ul'yanova,Ferapontov

, p. 184 - 187 (2005)

Kinetic aspects and the mechanism of shaping of particles of potassium superoxide in its synthesis from drops of an alkaline solution of hydrogen peroxide in a flow of a drying agent were studied.

A study of the products of the gas-phase reactions M + N2O and M + O3, where M = Na or K, with ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy

Wright, Timothy G.,Ellis, Andrew M.,Dyke, John M.

, p. 2891 - 2907 (1993)

Products of the gas-phase reactions M + N2O and M + O3, where M = Na or K, have been investigated with UV photoelectron spectroscopy and bands have been assigned with the assistance of results from ab initio molecular orbital calculations.For the M + N2O

Missing links in known series: The oxoferrates(III) Rb8[Fe 2O7], Rb6[Fe2O6], and K4[Fe2O5]

Frisch, Gero,R?hr, Caroline

, p. 732 - 740 (2005)

The title compounds were synthesized at temperatures between 775 and 1175 K from (mostly stoichiometric) mixtures of Fe2O3, elemental rubidium or potassium (A) and their hyperoxides AO2. The structures have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The alkaline rich ferrate(III) Rb8[Fe2O7] (Cs8[Fe 2O7] structure type, space group P21/c, a = 696.7, b = 1722.1, c = 692.0 pm, β = 119.40°, Z = 2, R1 = 0.0496) exhibits diferrate anions [Fe2O7]8- composed of two vertex-sharing [FeIIIO4] tetrahedra with a linear Fe-O-Fe bridge and nearly ideal 3m symmetry. This is in marked contrast to the Na homologue, where the diferrate anions are decidedly angular. In the series A3[FeO3], the anions in the compounds of the light alkaline cations are chains ∞1[FeO2O 2/2]3-, but similar to the isotypic K6[Fe 2O6] and to CS6[Fe2O6] the new ferrate Rb6[Fe2O6] (K 6Fe2O6 structure type, space group C2/m, a = 741.8(2), b = 1148.7(2), c = 680.08(12) pm, β = 103.65(2)°, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0370) contains isolated binuclear anions [O2FeO 2FeO2]6- composed of two edge sharing [FeO 4] tetrahedra. The new potassium ferrate of the series A 4[Fe2O5], K4[Fe2O 5] (space group P21/c, a = 645.91(14), b = 593.69(13), c = 1003.0(2) pm, β = 103.124(4)°, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0355), constitutes a new structure type, but its structure is still closely related to the Na compound, which crystallizes in the isomorphous subgroup P21/n with a doubled a axis. Both compounds are phylloferrates with layers ∞ 2[Fe2O5]4- consisting of six-membered rings of [FeO4] tetrahedra. In contrast, Rb 4[Fe2O5] contains chains of vertex and edge sharing tetrahedra, so that in both series, A3[FeO3] and A4[Fe2O5], the linkedness of the ferrate tetrahedra increases with the ionic radii of the A counterions.

Electrochemistry in liquid ammonia. 5. Electroreduction of oxygen

Uribe, Francisco A.,Bard, Allen J.

, p. 3160 - 3163 (1982)

The reduction of O2 in liquid NH3 at a Pt electrode has been investigated. Chemical and electrochemical measurements show that the first reduction of O2 is a one-electron process producing O2-·, which is a stable species in liquid NH3 and precipitates as KO2 in the presence of K+. The solubility of O2 in liquid NH3 at temperatures between -60 and -40°C was determined, and from these results, the diffusion coefficient of O2 in liquid NH3 was evaluated as 4.4 × 10-5 cm2/s at -55°C.

Thermal analytical study of different phases of potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) crystal : Effects of growth conditions, heat treatment and γ-irradiation on the unit cell parameters

Gaffar,Omar

, p. 477 - 487 (2005)

The unit cell parameters of virgin and thermally treated potassium hexacyanoferrate(II)trihydrate (KFCT) crystals are measured at room temperature. Considerable changes in the lattice constants are observed for as-grown or pre-cooled to the liquid nitrogen temperature samples after heating up to selected higher temperatures for different times. The detected variations may be due to partial or total removal of the three water molecules of crystallization and the transformation of Fe2+ to Fe3+. DSC, DTA and TG are used to study physical and chemical changes associated with the observed crystallographic variations. The effect of γ-irradiation with a dose of 5×105 Gy on the crystal structure of KFCT is also examined. Two computer software programs are used to analyze the data of the X-ray diffraction patterns and the results are compared.

Kinetic Study of the Reaction K + O2 + M (M = N2, He) from 250 to 1103 K

Plane, John M. C.,Rajasekhar, B.,Bartolotti, Libero

, p. 4161 - 4167 (1990)

The recombination reaction K + O2 + M was studied by the technique of pulsed photolysis of a K atom precursor followed by time-resolved laser induced fluorescene spectroscopy of K atoms at λ = 404 or 760 nm.Termolecular behavior was demonstrated and absolute third-order rate constants obtained over the temperature range 250-1103 K.A fit of this data to the form AT-n yields k(T,M = N2) = -30>(T/300)-(1.32+/-0.04) cm6 molecule-2 s-1 and k(T,M = He) = -30>(T/300)-(1.22+/-0.07) cm6 molecule-2 s-1.These results are compared to two previous studies of these reactions by different experimental methods, which were in marked disagreement below 600 K.A lower limit of D0(K-O2) > 203 kJ mol-1 is derived.The rate coefficients are then extrapolated from the experimental temperature range to ambient mesopheric temperatures (140 K T 240 K) and to flame temperatures (1500 K T 2200 K), by means of the Troe formalism.Finally, the rates of formation and bond energies of LiO2, NaO2, and KO2 are compared.

Choice of a stabilizer for the reaction of KOH with hydrogen peroxide to produce potassium superoxide

Gladyshev,Dvoretskii,Zhdanov,Ul'yanova,Ferapontov

, p. 1858 - 1859 (2003)

A stabilizer for the reaction of KOH and H2O2 yielding potassium superoxide was proposed. The stabilizer does not affect the main consumer properties of the regenerative product based on KO2.

Reactions of sodium-potassium alloys with inert gas impurities - Potential hazards after oxidation

Desreumaux, Jacqueline,Calais, Marielle,Adriano, Rene?,Trambaud, Serge,Kappenstein, Charles,Nguefack, Marcel

, p. 2031 - 2045 (2000)

A bibliographical study of the reactions of NaK alloys with their oxides did not explain the related accidents that have occurred in the past, particularly those involving the handling of bubblers installed to remove traces of oxygen and water vapor from blanket gases of LMFR (liquid metal fast reactors). Moreover, it revealed a controversy with respect to the explosive hazard of the NaK alloys + KO2 reaction. A thermodynamic study of the reaction of a NaK alloy with oxygen as well as experimental work on mixtures containing NaK and different oxides (KO2, Na2O, Na2O2) led to the conclusion that violent reactions occurring at ambient temperature, were always linked to the presence of hydrated superoxides or hydroxides. On contact with NaK alloys, these hydrated compounds lead to the formation of hydrogen with a release of heat causing the decomposition of potassium superoxide KO2 and the simultaneous release of oxygen. The oxidation of liquid NaK alloy, by bubbling a mixture of argon and air containing traces of water vapor (H2O 2, besides the hydrated compounds Na2O2·2H2O, NaOH·H2O and KOH·H2O. The gas follows preferential paths and the product obtained is highly heterogeneous in both composition and hardness (porous parts and dense parts). Hydrated superoxide and hydroxides treated under vacuum result in nearly quantitative dehydration after heating at 100 °C. For storage elements or safety valves, containing NaK that has been submitted to slow surface oxidation and hydration, the oxidized layer contains KO2, Na2O2·nH2O and hydrated hydroxides of sodium and potassium. In order to avoid any hazard due to the contact of the oxides with the residual NaK alloy during transport or under impact, it is necessary to freeze the alloy and to reheat it very slowly. Operations such as draining should also be performed slowly, after having calibrated the tanks (temperature and pressure). Therefore the use of NaK liquid alloy to purify gases is questionable; as preferential paths are established, it remains impossible to predict the period of efficiency of a bubbler. Moreover, the NaK alloy does not chemically transform all traces of water vapor; because some remains present in the form of hydrated products, leading to the formation of wastes with a potential hazard during storage or destruction. In our opinion, this method of purification should be abandoned.