1.0 2010-04-08 22:11:50 UTC 2025-11-19 00:55:08 UTC FDB015439 Potassium chloride Added to food as a flavour enhancer, flavouring agent, nutrient supplement, pH control agent, stabiliser or thickener E508 Muriate of potash Sylvite ClK 74.551 73.932559568 potassium chloride potassium chloride 7447-40-7 [Cl-].[K+] InChI=1S/ClH.K/h1H;/q;+1/p-1 WCUXLLCKKVVCTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as alkali metal chlorides. These are inorganic compounds in which the largest halogen atom is Chlorine, and the heaviest metal atom is an alkali metal. Alkali metal chlorides Inorganic compounds Mixed metal/non-metal compounds Alkali metal salts Alkali metal chlorides Inorganic chloride salts Alkali metal chloride Inorganic chloride salt Inorganic salt inorganic chloride potassium salt melting_point Mp 773° logp 0.2 ChemAxon pka_strongest_acidic -7 ChemAxon iupac potassium chloride ChemAxon average_mass 74.551 ChemAxon mono_mass 73.932559568 ChemAxon smiles [Cl-].[K+] ChemAxon formula ClK ChemAxon inchi InChI=1S/ClH.K/h1H;/q;+1/p-1 ChemAxon inchikey WCUXLLCKKVVCTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M ChemAxon polar_surface_area 0 ChemAxon refractivity 0 ChemAxon polarizability 1.78 ChemAxon rotatable_bond_count 0 ChemAxon acceptor_count 0 ChemAxon donor_count 0 ChemAxon physiological_charge -1 ChemAxon formal_charge 0 ChemAxon 32588 bitter odorless