Babban manufar ana amfani dashi mafi yawa a masana'antar inorganic. Shi ne ainihin albarkatun ƙasa don samar da gishiri da yawa na alkama ko alkalis, kamar su potassium hydroxide, potassium sulfate, potassium nitrate, potassium chlorate, da potassium alum. A cikin masana'antun magunguna, ana amfani dashi azaman diuretic da magani don hanawa da magance rashi potassium. Ana amfani da masana'antar rini don samar da gishirin G, launuka masu kumburi, da sauransu. Noma wani nau'in taki ne na mai. Tasirin taki yana da sauri, kuma ana iya amfani dashi kai tsaye zuwa ƙasar noma don ƙara danshi a cikin ƙananan layin ƙasa kuma yana da tasirin juriya fari. Koyaya, bai dace a yi amfani da shi a cikin ƙasa mai gishiri ba kuma ga taba, dankalin turawa mai zaki, gwoza da sauran albarkatu. Potassium chloride yana da dandano mai kama da na sodium chloride (haushi), kuma ana amfani dashi azaman ƙari don gishiri mai ƙarancin sodium ko ruwan ma'adinai. Bugu da kari, ana kuma amfani da shi wajen kera bakin bakin ko murde bakin wuta, wakilin kula da zafin karfe, da kuma daukar hoto. Hakanan za'a iya amfani dashi a magani, aikace-aikacen kimiyya, sarrafa abinci, kuma za'a iya maye gurbin wasu potassium chloride zuwa sodium chloride a cikin gishirin tebur don rage yiwuwar hawan jini. [6] Potassium chloride mai amfani ne da ake amfani dashi wajen daidaita magungunan cikin asibiti. Yana da tabbataccen sakamako na asibiti kuma ana amfani dashi ko'ina cikin sassan asibiti.