7678. Potassium Tellurate(IV)

Nomenclature

CAS number: 7790-58-1
Potassium tellurite.
K2O3Te; mol wt 253.79.
K 30.81%, O 18.91%, Te 50.28%.
K2TeO3.

Properties

White, granular powder. Sol in water to an alkaline soln.

Use

In 1:50,000 soln for detecting presence of living pathogenic bacteria in sera and vaccines, such organisms forming characteristic black reduction compds.