Potassium carbonate sesquihydrate

Potassium carbonate sesquihydrate
Mineralogical name	Potassium carbonate sesquihydrate
Chemical name
Trivial name
Chemical formula	K2CO3•1.5H2O
Other forms
Crystal system	monoclinic
Crystal structure
Deliquescence humidity 20°C
Solubility (g/l) at 20°C	1115 g/l
Density (g/cm³)	2.16 g/cm3
Molar volume	76.67 cm3/mol
Molar weight	165.23 g/mol
Transparency
Cleavage
Crystal habit
Twinning
Phase transition
Chemical behavior
Comments
Crystal Optics
Refractive Indices	nx = 1.474 ny = 1.483 nz = 1.510
Birefringence	Δ = 0.036
Optical Orientation
Pleochroism
Dispersion
Used Literature
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Literature

[Broul.etal:1981]

Elsevier (eds.) Broul M., Nyvlt J.; Soehnel O. (1981): Solubility in organic two component systems, Elsevier

A phase is a physically distinctive form of matter and is characterized by having relatively uniform chemical and physical properties.