7636. Potassium Hexachloroplatinate(IV)

Nomenclature

CAS number: 16921-30-5
Platinic potassium chloride; potassium platinic chloride; potassium chloroplatinate.
Cl6K2Pt; mol wt 486.00.
Cl 43.77%, K 16.09%, Pt 40.14%.
K2[PtCl6].

Properties

Orange-yellow crystals or yellow powder. d 3.50. Slightly sol in cold water; sol in hot water. Almost insol in alcohol.

Use

In photography.