CAUSTIC POTASH

Product Data

Description Limitations
CAUSTIC POTASH is high purity potassium hydroxide CAUSTIC POTASH is incompatible with high hardness
(KOH). brines such as calcium chloride and magnesium chlo-
ride.

Typical Properties CAUSTIC POTASH is a corrosive material and should

be used with extreme caution.
Appearance : White flakes or pallets
pH (0.1 N sol.) : 13
Specific Gravity : 2.04 - 2.13 Treatment
Sol. in water : Completely
Normal treatment levels of CAUSTIC POTASH ranges
from 0.25 to 4 lb/bbl (0.7 to 11.4 kg/m3) depending on
Features and Benefits fluid type and chemistry. When the system is treated
with KAR-CFL or KAR-CFL HT, one sack of caustic
CAUSTIC POTASH contributes to inhibition of water
potash is added for every four sacks of KAR-CFL or
sensitive shale formations.
KAR-CFL HT.
CAUSTIC POTASH removes calcium and magnesium
CAUSTIC POTASH is not added through the mud hop-
contaminants as hydroxides in water-base drilling flu-
per. One sack should be added very slowly with careful
ids.
agitation to 50 gallons of water in the chemical barrel.
CAUSTIC POTASH activates and solubilizes the or- The solution can then be added slowly to the circulat-
ganic deflocculants such as lignite and lignosulfonate ing system over a complete circulation.
(KAR-CFL).

CAUSTIC POTASH controls the pH and alkalinity Packaging

properties of water-base drilling fluids to treat carbon
CAUSTIC POTASH is supplied in 25 kg (55 lb) mois-
dioxide contamination.
ture proof, multiwall paper sacks.
CAUSTIC POTASH reduces corrosion rate by main-
taining high pH.

Application
CAUSTIC POTASH is used to control pH and alkalinity
in all water-base drilling fluids particularly in potassi-
um-base inhibitive systems.

CAUSTIC POTASH also provides potassium ions to

inhibitive potassium-base drilling fluids.

KarKim Drilling Fluids, Energy & Engineering Services, Inc.

Turan Gunes Blv. Ilkbahar Mah. 606 Sok. No:24 06550 Cankaya Ankara TURKIYE
T: +90 312 491 64 00 F: +90 312 491 53 18 info@karkim.com www.karkim.com
Date Revised: March 2011