Is #KOH# an acid or base?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-04T15:09:31

Potassium hydroxide is certainly a base.

Caustic potash, so-called because it was extracted from ash residue of fires, is certainly a base. Its aqueous solutions are strongly alkaline:

#KOH(s) rarr K^(+) + HO^(-)#.

Answer 2 · 2016-07-04T15:10:58

#KOH# is a base.

#KOH# is a base.

The #OH^-# Hydroxide ion is typically part of a base.

in an Acid and Base Neutralization the Acid donates a #H^+# Hydrogen ion and the Base donates #OH^-# Hydroxide ion.