Safety Information

RIDADR 

UN 1551 6.1/ PGIII

HazardClass 

6.1

PackingGroup 

III

Toxicity

guinea pig,LD50,intraperitoneal,15mg/kg (15mg/kg),Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. Vol. 1, Pg. 1, 1975.

POTASSIUM ANTIMONY TARTRATE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Transparent, odorless crystals efflorescing on exposure to air or white powder; sweetish metallic taste. Soluble in water, glycerol; insoluble in alcohol. Aqueous solution is slightly acid.

Uses

Antischistosomal.

Uses

In the printing and dyeing industry, Potassium antimony tartrate is used as a mordant for dyeing cotton with subtractive dyes. After dyeing with acid dyes, it is treated with a solution of antimony potassium tartrate, tannin and formic acid, which can improve the washing and soaping fastness of the fabric.It is used as a mordant for leather. The pharmaceutical industry is used as an emetic and an injection for the treatment of schistosomiasis.

Definition

A poisonous compound of antimony, which is used as an emetic in medicine and as a mordant in dyeing and as an insecticide.

Hazard

Toxic.

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