Potassium Chloride 500 g Manufacturer,Supplier and Exporter in India

Potassium Chloride 500 g (Product Code: SCI-569/247) is an analytical reagent grade potassium salt used to make salt bridges, conductivity solutions and solubility-curve samples in school and college chemistry laboratories. The 500 g pack suits departments that use the salt across many benches or practical sessions, and it arrives with an MSDS. It is supplied by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, India, for schools and colleges setting up an electrochemical cell kit.

Specifications

What Is Potassium Chloride Used For?

In a galvanic cell practical, a U-tube or strip of filter paper soaked in saturated potassium chloride solution forms the salt bridge that completes the circuit between the zinc and copper half-cells without mixing them. Potassium and chloride ions move at similar speeds, which keeps the bridge from distorting the measured voltage. Potassium chloride solutions of known concentration are also a common reference for checking conductivity meters and for electrolyte-conductivity demonstrations.

Because its solubility rises steadily with temperature, potassium chloride is a good salt for plotting a solubility curve from crystallisation temperatures. It gives a lilac flame colour, seen most clearly through blue cobalt glass, and a white silver chloride precipitate with acidified silver nitrate, so it also serves as a known sample in flame and chloride tests. Keep the pack sealed, as the salt picks up moisture and cakes in humid weather.

What to Specify When Ordering

• Pack size: this listing is the 500 g pack; smaller packs of the same salt appear under related items.
• Number of packs per department or campus.
• Companion apparatus, such as the galvanic cell or conductivity set.
• Delivery location, plus the vendor-registration details your institution requires.

Supplier

ScienceLab is the trading name of Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited, which supplies Potassium Chloride 500 g from Ambala, Haryana, to schools, colleges, dealers and importers. For vendor registration, the supplying company is identified by CIN U29309HR2020PTC087597 and GSTIN 06AAECJ8618A1ZT. Read more on the ScienceLab profile page.

Related Laboratory Equipment

Electrochemistry and ion-testing practicals with Potassium Chloride 500 g are often run with:

• Apparatus for Demonstration Of The Galvanic Element (with Galvanometer) — its U-shaped tube takes a potassium chloride salt bridge.
• Equipment for Electrical Conductivity of Electrolytes — shows how well a potassium chloride solution conducts.
• Silver Nitrate (Crystals) — gives the white precipitate that confirms chloride ions.
• Potassium Chloride 200g — a mid-size pack for smaller laboratories.
• Potassium Chloride 100 g — the smallest pack, for occasional use.

Browse the Laboratory Equipment category for electrochemistry apparatus and salts.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Potassium Chloride 500 g used for?
Potassium Chloride 500 g is used to prepare salt bridges for galvanic cells, electrolyte solutions for conductivity work, solubility-curve samples and known samples for flame and chloride tests. The larger pack suits departments running these practicals across many groups.

Why is potassium chloride used in salt bridges?
Potassium and chloride ions move through solution at almost the same speed, so a Potassium Chloride salt bridge carries current between half-cells without adding a significant extra voltage. The salt is also very soluble, readily available and unreactive with common electrodes.

How does this listing differ from other potassium chloride packs?
This listing, code SCI-569/247, is the 500 g pack of analytical reagent grade Potassium Chloride with MSDS. Smaller packs of the same salt appear in our related items; choose by how much your laboratory uses in a term.

How should Potassium Chloride be stored?
Keep Potassium Chloride 500 g in its sealed container in a dry cupboard, since the salt absorbs moisture and forms lumps in humid conditions. It is stable and non-flammable, but follow the MSDS for handling and disposal.

What is the shelf life of Potassium Chloride 500 g?
Shelf life depends on the chemical, its grade and storage conditions, so we do not state a fixed period for Potassium Chloride 500 g. When you enquire, ask us for the expiry date of the batch you are quoted.

Can institutions get vendor-registration details with the quotation?
Yes. Quotations for Potassium Chloride 500 g come from Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), Ambala, and can include the company's registration details for your vendor file. Send quantities and delivery location through the contact page.

Request a Quote

Request Potassium Chloride 500 g by giving the number of packs and your delivery location on the contact page, or add it to the enquiry cart with silver nitrate and a galvanic cell apparatus. We will send a quotation with availability.

Last updated: 24 September 2026