Potassium Bitartrate
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Cite "Potassium Bitartrate"
Potassium Bitartrate. (n.d.). In Compound. Retrieved from /es/compound/potassium-bitartrate/
"Potassium Bitartrate." Compound, /es/compound/potassium-bitartrate/.
@misc{potassium-bitartrate, title={Potassium Bitartrate}, url={/es/compound/potassium-bitartrate/}}
IUPAC: Potassium hydrogen tartrate
CAS: 868-14-4
Descripción general
Potassium bitartrate, known as cream of tartar, is a byproduct of winemaking that crystallizes in wine barrels. It is the potassium acid salt of tartaric acid. Combined with baking soda, it creates baking powder. It is used to stabilize whipped egg whites.
Composición
Usos
- • Baking powder ingredient (with baking soda)
- • Stabilizes whipped egg whites (meringue)
- • Cleaning agent (with vinegar)
- • Snickerdoodle cookie coating
Datos curiosos
- ✦ The white crystals that sometimes appear in wine bottles (wine diamonds) are potassium bitartrate
Seguridad
- ⚠ Low toxicity
Structure
SMILES
C(C(C(=O)[O-])O)(C(=O)O)O.[K+]
Propiedades
- Tipo
- salt
- Estado
- solid
- Masa molar
- 188,18 g/mol
- Densidad
- 1,9840 g/cm³
- Punto de fusión
- 200,0 °C
- Solubilidad
- 57 g/L at 20°C
Molecular Descriptors
- Exact Mass
- 187,9723
- TPSA
- 118,0 Ų
- H-Bond Donors
- 3
- H-Bond Acceptors
- 6
- Rotatable Bonds
- 3
- Heavy Atoms
- 11
- Complexity
- 157,0