| ANTIMONY POTASSIUM TARTRATE (tartar emetic; potassium antimonyl tartrate; tartrated antimony) K (SbO)C4O6·1/2HOH. Properties: Transparent odorless crystals efflorescing on exposure to air, or white powder, sweetish metallic taste, d 2.6, at 100 C losses all its water. Soluble in water, glyrocel, in soluble in alcohol. Aqueous solution in slightly acid.
Derivation: By heating antimony trioxide with a solution of potassium bitartrate abd subsequent crystallization.
Grade: Technical, crystals, powdered, CP, USP.
Hazard: Toxic. TLV (as Sb): 0.5 mg/m3 of air.
Use: Textile and leather mordant, medicine, insecticide.
THIS PRODUCT COMPLIES IN FULL WITH THE FCC SPECIFICATIONS
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