What Is Potassium Tartrate
Potassium Tartrate is also called tartar or L(+)tartaric
acid dipotassium. It is a colorless crystal or white crystalline powder. Potassium Tartrate can
be soluble in water and hardly soluble in ethanol.Potassium Tartrate loses its water when heated
to 155°C and decomposes at 200~220°C.
Potassium Tartrate is widely used in food, medicine, chemical industry and light industry etc.
Potassium Tartrate is mainly used to manufacture tartaric acid salts, such as antimony potassium
tartrate and sodium potassium tartrate. Furthermore, Potassium
tartrate serves as beer foaming agent, sour agent and taste masking agent in food industry.
Potassium tartrate is 1.3 times sourer than citric acid, especially suitable for grape juice
acidity agent. This product is identified as good food additives by the FAO/WHO expert
committee. In addition, Potassium Tartrate is used as analysis agent to produce culture medium
for microorganism. It is also widely used in pharmaceutical industry. Potassium tartrate also
plays a very important role in tanning, photo, glass, enamel and telecommunications equipment
industry.