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    Potassium hydroxide is commonly used as a catalyst for biodiesel production. It is preferable to sodium hydroxide and works best if it is at least 85% pure potassium hydroxide. Even the best grades of potassium hydroxide contain around 15% water, which cannot be removed. It should also be low in carbonates, as carbonates do not act as an efficient catalyst and can cause cloudiness in the final product.

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    Biodiesel

    S.C. Bhatia, in Advanced Renewable Energy Systems, 2014


    Catalyst
    Sodium or potassium hydroxide, preferably the latter. The corresponding alkoxide also can be
    used, but prohibitively expensive. Best if it has ≥85 per cent potassium hydroxide. Even best
    grades of potassium hydroxide have 14–15 per cent water which cannot be removed. It should be
    low in carbonate, because the carbonate is not an efficient catalyst and may cause cloudiness in
    the final ester. Sodium hydroxide pellets have given very good results. Because quantity of
    catalyst used is quite less, good quality catalyst (in spite of high cost) can be used.
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    Stanley A. Greene, in International Resources Guide to Hazardous Chemicals, 2003
    Potassium hydroxide
    Agrium (Canada)
    Akzo Nobel Chemicals (Netherlands)
    Albemarle
    Altair Chimica (Italy)
    Arab Potash (Jordan)
    Asahi Glass Chemicals Div. (Japan)
    Asahi Kasei (Japan)
    Ashta
    Atul (India)
    Caldic Group (Belgium)
    Chlor-Chemicals (UK)
    Degussa-Huls (Germany)
    Electrochemical Industries (Israel)
    Grupo Aragonesas (Spain)
    Hydro Chemicals (Norway)
    Kali und Salz Group (Germany)
    Laporte (UK)
    Merck (Germany)
    Nippon Soda (Japan)
    Olin Corp.
    OxyChem
    Potash (Canada)
    Reilly Industries
    Spolchemie (Czech Republic)
    Tessenderlo (Belgium)
    Toagosei (Japan)
    Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (Japan)
    Unisource India (India)
    Vulcan Chemicals
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    Synthesis: Carbon with Two Heteroatoms, Each Attached
    by a Single Bond
    Peter D. Kennewell, ... Nicholas J. Westwood, in Comprehensive Organic Functional Group
    Transformations, 1995
    4.17.1.4.4 Miscellaneous reactions
    Potassium hydroxide in methanol dehydrobrominated (138) to give (139) in 57% yield
    <91JCS(P1)2575> whilst potassium t-butoxide gave a 30% yield of 1,1-dibromo-2-fluorostyrene
    (140) from (141) <93JA5430>. Similar dehydrobrominations of the steroids (142) and (143)
    gave (144) and (145), respectively, in high yields <60T149, 65RTC904>. The dibromothiolane
    1,1-dioxide (146) condenses with bromoform under basic conditions to give 53% of (147)
    <89AJC1307>. Bromination with loss of trimethylsilyl bromide from 1-bromo-1-trimethylsilyl-
    2-ethylhex-1-ene (148) gives 92% of (149) <86MI 417-01>.

    What kind of substance neutralizes potassium hydroxide


    solution?
    The acidic substance neutralizes the potassium hydroxide solution.

    Potassium hydroxide is a strong base. In an aqueous solution, it decomposes into hydroxide ions and
    potassium cations. A strong acid has the ability to neutralize it with water and salt. The products will
    be a salt of potassium and water.

    Salt may or may not be soluble in that salt. This type of reaction is called neutralization. The
    indicator used is phenolphthalein.

    Read more about the reaction of potassium hydroxide to carbon dioxide

    What is the reaction between KOH and CO2? 


    The reaction between KOH and CO2 leads to the formation of KHCO3. The products of the reacti

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