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is it possible to convert potassium hydroxide to the carbonate?
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React it with CO2.
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Easiest way is to make a solution of KOH in water and just let it evaporate to dryness in contact with air. What remains is a crust of potassium
carbonate. Final humidity can be expelled by heating the solid material in an oven at 150 C or so.
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