The development trend of potassium borofluoride industry is improving. In the future, local companies will need to continue to optimize production technology.

Potassium borofluoride, also known as potassium fluoroborate, refers to a chemical substance with the chemical formula KBF4. It looks like white granular crystals and tastes bitter. It is slightly soluble in water, hot alcohol and ethanol, and insoluble in cold ethanol and alkali solutions. Potassium borofluoride is non-hygroscopic and can be decomposed into boron trifluoride by strong acid. It can be eutectic with alkali metal carbonate to form fluoride and borate. It is an important chemical raw material and can be used in industry, metallurgy, chemical industry, Machinery, welding and other fields.

At present, the potassium borofluoride process route includes two categories: direct method and indirect method. Among them, the indirect method is currently the main method for industrial preparation of potassium borofluoride. It refers to using a fluorine source (hydrofluoric acid or fluorosilicic acid) and a boron source (boric acid or borax) as raw materials, generating fluoroboric acid through a chemical reaction, and then converting it into fluoroboric acid. A method for producing potassium borofluorate through neutralization reaction with potassium compounds. Depending on the source of potassium, the potassium borofluorate indirect method can be divided into potassium chloride neutralization method, potassium carbonate neutralization method, potassium hydroxide neutralization method, etc.

Potassium borofluoride has excellent chemical properties and can be used in the field of welding as a flux for hot welding and brazing. It can be used as a raw material for aluminum-magnesium casting to produce boron-containing alloys. It can be used in the metallurgical field to remove light metal dross when welding and fusion metals. It can be used in the chemical industry as a raw material for boron trifluoride and other fluoroborates and as a reagent for electrochemical processes, and has a wide range of applications.

At the same time, under the background that the excellent properties of potassium borofluoride are gradually emerging, its application fields are constantly expanding. For example, potassium borofluoride can also be used in the field of lubricants. Lubricants added with potassium borofluoride have super lubrication and anti-friction properties. Function. In the future, as the application fields of potassium borofluorate continue to expand, its market demand is expected to continue to increase. According to the “Research Report on Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects of China’s Potassium Borofluorate Industry from 2023 to 2027” released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that the domestic market demand for potassium borofluoride in 2022 will exceed 45,000 tons.

At present, domestic potassium borofluoride manufacturers mainly include Botao Group, Dingsheng Chemical, Tengke Chemical, Xinhua Chemical, Xinxing Light Alloy Materials, Xieshi New Materials, Dongfluoro New Materials, Nonferrous Fluorine Chemicals, Xintai Material Technology, etc. There are a large number of potassium borofluoride companies in my country, and the industry concentration is low.

Industry analysts said that potassium borofluoride is an important chemical raw material and has been widely used in industry, metallurgy, In the chemical industry and other fields, as the application fields continue to develop and expand, their market demand continues to grow, and the industry shows a good development trend. However, a variety of waste gas pollutants are still produced during the current production process of potassium borofluoride, and toxic gases such as hydrogen fluoride are easily produced under high temperature conditions, making production safety and environmental protection low. In the future, as domestic environmental protection supervision gradually increases and safety production requirements in the chemical industry become increasingly stringent, local potassium borofluoride companies need to accelerate the optimization and upgrading of production technology, reduce production environmental protection pressure and safety costs, and promote the rapid development of the industry.