Identity
Record chemical name, CAS number where known, and whether the bulk lot is muriate, sulfate, hydroxide flake or liquor.
Quote console
Bulk potash quotation fields lined up on one worksheet
This worksheet lists the answers a plant must return for bulk potash lots: chemical identity, K2O or KOH assay, moisture, particle size, package net weight, Incoterm, sample size and document set. Potash Manufacturer Sourcing stays an independent desk. Returned rows are compared; they are not certified here.
Fields to align
Requirement cards used before a bulk potash plant is contacted
Distributors, blenders and industrial buyers often receive quotes that mix assay methods, bag weights or freight exclusions. The cards below keep those gaps visible. They are check items, not claims that a supplier already holds ISO, REACH or TSCA status.
Measurable limits
Capture K2O, KOH assay, moisture, particle size, density and pH as buyer limits or as open fields for the factory to complete with method names.
Lot evidence
Ask for the current safety data sheet, technical data sheet and certificate of analysis format for the quoted article, not a sister grade.
Delivered scope
Name quantity unit, repeating forecast versus trial, US destination, Incoterm and whether freight, duty or packing is inside the number.
When two plants quote bulk potash on different K2O bases, or when one includes palletization while the other quotes FOB bags only, unit price comparison is postponed until those rows are restated. Optional budget should state currency and whether the figure is per metric ton, per jumbo bag or for the whole order. High-end, mid-range, budget or undecided is a buyer preference about cost, documentation and service, not a rating we have verified. Trace metals, insolubles and chloride ceilings stay as buyer-stated limits unless a named method is provided.
SDS · TDS · CoA
Document questions that stop related-grade files from entering the comparison
Safety data sheet
Request the SDS that matches concentration and physical form. Handling, storage and transport decisions follow that file, the carrier and applicable rules. This site does not issue mixing or use instructions.
Technical data sheet
Ask which test methods sit behind K2O, moisture, particle size or density. A marketing range without method and temperature is marked incomplete on the worksheet.
Certificate of analysis
Ask what assay, moisture, particle and insolubles columns a CoA will contain, and whether a typical CoA or a lot-specific CoA will be issued after order.
Regulatory status questions
TSCA inventory status for US supply, REACH statements where relevant, and GMP or ISO quality-system evidence are questions to the proposed supplier. They are not credentials of Potash Manufacturer Sourcing.
Flash point, UN number and DOT or IMDG class are copied from the exact SDS after the concentration is known. Reusing a family SDS from another mine, evaporator or KOH plant is treated as an open gap, not as transport clearance. Sample requests should state whether identity, assay, moisture, particle profile or packaging is being checked, and which reviewer will record the pass or fail outside the quotation itself.
Send the bulk potash brief for factory quote comparison
We review specification, quantity, packaging and destination, then contact possible factories. No stock, lead time or price is implied by submitting the form.