Silver sulfite
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IUPAC name Silver(I) sulfite, Silver sulfite | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.033.362 |
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Properties | |
Ag2O3S | |
Molar mass | 295.79 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | White crystals |
Odor | Odorless |
Melting point | 100 °C (212 °F; 373 K) decomposes[1][4] |
4.6 mg/L (20 °C)[1] | |
Solubility product (Ksp) | 1.5·10−14[1] |
Solubility | Soluble in aq. NH4OH, alkali sulfites, AcOH Decomposes in strong acids[2] Insoluble in liquid SO2[3] |
Structure | |
Monoclinic, mP24[5] | |
P21/c, No. 14[5] | |
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a = 4.6507 Å, b = 7.891 Å, c = 11.173 Å[5] α = 90°, β = 120.7°, γ = 90° | |
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H315, H319, H335[4] | |
P261, P305+P351+P338[4] | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Silver sulfite is the chemical compound with the formula Ag2SO3. This unstable silver compound when heated and/or in light it decomposes to silver dithionate and silver sulfate.[3]
Preparation
[edit]Silver sulfite can be prepared by dissolving silver nitrate with the stoichiometric quantity of sodium sulfite solution, yielding a precipitation of silver sulfite by the following reaction:
- 2 AgNO3 + Na2SO3 ⇌ Ag2SO3 + 2 NaNO3
After precipitation then filtering silver sulfite, washing it using well-boiled water, and drying it in vacuum.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lide, David R., ed. (2009). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (90th ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-9084-0.
- ^ Comey, Arthur Messinger; Hahn, Dorothy A. (February 1921). A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic (2nd ed.). New York City: The MacMillan Company. p. 1046.
- ^ a b c Brauer, Georg, ed. (1965). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 2. New York: Academic Press Inc. p. 1043. ISBN 0323161294.
- ^ a b c d Sigma-Aldrich Co., Silver carbonate. Retrieved on 2014-07-31.
- ^ a b c d Larsson, Lars Olof (1969). "The Crystal Structure of Silver Sulphite". Acta Chemica Scandinavica. 23 (7): 2261–2269. doi:10.3891/acta.chem.scand.23-2261.