Dipotassium Phosphate(DKP)

1. Food and Beverage Industry

• Food Additives: DKP is a commonly used food-grade buffer that adjusts the pH of food systems, stabilizes product flavor and texture, and is frequently used in dairy products, jellies, canned goods, and carbonated beverages. It can also be used as an emulsifier auxiliary ingredient to improve the emulsification stability of food and prevent oil-water separation.

• Nutritional Fortifiers: Because it is rich in phosphorus and potassium, two essential minerals, it can be used in infant formula, sports drinks, and nutritional supplements to replenish the body's electrolyte needs, especially suitable for people who lose electrolytes after exercise.

• Fermentation Aids: In the production of fermented foods such as bread and beer, DKP provides a phosphorus source for yeast growth, promotes yeast metabolism and reproduction, and improves fermentation efficiency and product quality.

2. Agriculture and Horticulture

• Water-soluble Fertilizer: DKP is a highly efficient binary phosphorus and potassium fertilizer with good water solubility and high absorption and utilization rate. It can be made into foliar fertilizer or fertigation fertilizer for crops such as melons, vegetables, and flowers. It can promote flower bud differentiation, fruit enlargement, and enhance plant resistance (drought resistance, cold resistance), and is especially suitable for chlorine-sensitive crops (such as tobacco and citrus).

• Culture Medium Component: In microbial fertilizer production or plant tissue culture, DKP can serve as a phosphorus and potassium nutrient source for the culture medium, providing necessary minerals for strains or tissue culture seedlings to ensure their growth and reproduction.

3. Industrial Production

• Water Treatment Agent: DKP can be used as a water quality stabilizer in circulating cooling water systems. It can complex with calcium and magnesium ions in water to prevent scale deposition; it can also adjust the pH value of water, helping to reduce the corrosion rate of metal pipes.

• Electroplating and Surface Treatment: In the electroplating industry, DKP acts as a complexing agent and buffer, stabilizing the pH value of the electroplating solution and improving the uniformity and gloss of the coating. It is commonly used in zinc plating, nickel plating, and other processes. It can also be used in metal surface phosphating to enhance the adhesion between the metal substrate and the coating.

• Detergents and Daily Chemicals: As a detergent builder, DKP enhances detergency while buffering the pH value of the detergent solution, reducing damage to clothing fibers. In daily chemical products such as toothpaste, it can adjust the pH of the system, protecting the oral mucosa.

• Flame Retardant Materials: DKP can be compounded with other flame retardants to prepare flame-retardant plastics and coatings. At high temperatures, it promotes char formation, blocking oxygen and heat transfer, thus improving the flame-retardant properties of the material.

4. Pharmaceutical and Biological Fields

• Pharmaceutical Excipients: In pharmaceutical formulations, DKP can be used as a pH buffer to stabilize the physicochemical properties of drugs and extend shelf life. It is commonly used in the formulation of oral solutions and injections. It can also be used as an electrolyte supplement to treat hypokalemia and hypophosphatemia.

• Biological Experimental Reagents: In biochemical experiments, DKP is a commonly used buffer solution component (e.g., in the preparation of phosphate buffer PBS with potassium dihydrogen phosphate) to maintain the acid-base stability of experimental systems, ensuring the smooth progress of experiments such as enzyme activity and cell culture.

5. Other Special Applications

• Optical Glass Manufacturing: DKP can be used as a glass clarifying agent and flux to improve the transparency and uniformity of optical glass, enhancing its optical properties.

• Fuel Cells: In some fuel cell systems, DKP can be used as an electrolyte component to conduct ions and stabilize the internal acid-base environment of the battery, improving the battery's discharge efficiency and lifespan.