I.

True or False

TRUE | Flotation utilizes air bubbles and specific chemicals to selectively attach to and separate
desired minerals.

FALSE | The term potash comes from an old method of obtaining potassium by soaking coal ashes
in water.

False | American Potash and Chemical Corporation successfully recovered potassium sulfate from
langbeinite.

True | Potassium Nitrate was highly sought-after as a component of black powder.

II. Multiple Choice

The trona process concentrates which mineral or compound in hot brine.

a. Sodium Chloride
b. Potassium Chloride (Ans)
c. Sodium Potassium
d. Silicon Chloride

Which layer of Searles Lake in California is composed of Crystalline Salt (about 20-30 meters
deep)?
a. Bottom layer
b. Third layer
c. First layer (Ans)
d. Second layer

Which of the following is not an application of Potassium Bitartrate?

a. Electronic Use
b. Cream of tartar
c. Medicine
d. None of the above (Ans)

Potassium Carbonate is made by reacting potassium hydroxide (KOH) with what compound?
a. Carbon
b. Carbon Monoxide
c. Carbon dioxide (Ans)
d. None of the above

III. Identification

Fertilizer grade KCl | It is the most common type of potassium chloride, and has a purity of about
97% KCl. Also known as “muriate of potash.”

Potassium Bromide | This form of potassium was traditionally used as a sedative and today, its
primary application is in photographic emulsions and photoengraving.