Potassium hexachlororhodate(III) is used as pharmaceutical intermediates. It is also used as chemical catalyst.
Tripotassium hexachlororhodate is used to synthesize other rhodium metal products or rhodium electroplating solutions.
Tripotassium hexachlororhodate causes skin irritation and serious eye irritation, it may cause respiratory irritation.
Tripotassium hexachlororhodate can be synthesized by heating rhodium and potassium chloride in a chlorine gas stream or by adding potassium chloride to a hot rhodium-containing chlorine ligand.
