Potassium compounds are quite common and are extremely useful for a variety of purposes. Potash and other potassium compounds have been used for centuries in the manufacture of glass products. Today 95% of the potassium compounds gathered in the world is used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
Potassium dichromate is an inorganic chemical compound possess immense industrial and laboratory importance. It is an orange crystalline solid with the chemical formula K2Cr2O7. It is a strong oxidizing agent and is soluble in water. It is used in the volumetric estimation of ferrous salts, iodides and sulphides for the preparation of chrome alum, chrome yellow and chrome red.
