Barium formate
Structural formula | |||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() |
|||||||||||||||||||
General | |||||||||||||||||||
Surname | Barium formate | ||||||||||||||||||
other names |
Barium methanoate |
||||||||||||||||||
Molecular formula | C 2 H 2 BaO 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
External identifiers / databases | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
properties | |||||||||||||||||||
Molar mass | 227.36 g · mol -1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Physical state |
firmly |
||||||||||||||||||
density |
3.212 g cm −3 (dihydrate) |
||||||||||||||||||
solubility | |||||||||||||||||||
safety instructions | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Barium formate is the barium salt of formic acid with the constitutional formula Ba (HCOO) 2 .
Manufacturing
Barium formate can be prepared by reaction of barium hydroxide will be illustrated with formic acid.
properties
Barium formate crystallizes as a dihydrate in the orthorhombic crystal system . The crystals are isomorphic to calcium formate and strontium formate . The anhydrate crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Richard Abegg , Friedrich Auerbach : Handbuch der inorganic Chemie, Vol. 2 . Verlag S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1908. P. 286; Full text
- ^ Entry at www.chemicaldictionary.org
- ^ A b c H. Stanley: "The Solubility of Some Salts of the Lower Fatty Acids" in The Chemical News 1904 , 89 , p. 193. Full text
- ↑ harmonized classification for this substance . A label for barium diformate in the Classification and Labeling Inventory of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which was accessed on December 28, 2019, is reproduced from a self-classification by the distributor . There is not yet a
- ↑ Paul S. Bechthold and Siegfried Haussühl: Nonlinear optical properties of orthorhombic barium formats and magnesium barium fluoride . In: Applied Physics / A. Materials Science & Processing , Vol. 14 (1977), No. 4, pp. 403-410, doi : 10.1007 / BF00883447