Beryllium nitrate

Structural formula
General
Surname	Beryllium nitrate
other names	Beryllium dinitrate
Molecular formula	Be (NO 3 ) 2
Brief description	colorless solid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 13597-99-4 7787-55-5 (trihydrate) EC number 237-062-5 ECHA InfoCard 100,033,678 PubChem 26126 Wikidata Q421270
properties
Molar mass	133.02 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
density	1.557 g cm −3
Melting point	60 ° C
boiling point	142 ° C
solubility	easily soluble in water soluble in acetone and ethanol
safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling from  Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) , expanded if necessary danger H and P phrases H: 272-301-330-315-317-319-335-350i-372-411 P: 201-261-280-305 + 351 + 338-311
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Beryllium nitrate is a chemical compound of beryllium from the group of nitrates .

Extraction and presentation

Beryllium nitrate can be obtained by reacting beryllium chloride in a solution of ethyl acetate with nitric oxide .

${\displaystyle \mathrm {BeCl_{2}+4\ N_{2}O_{4}\longrightarrow Be(NO_{3})_{2}\cdot 2N_{2}O_{4}+2\ NOCl} }$

${\displaystyle \mathrm {Be(NO_{3})_{2}\cdot 2N_{2}O_{4}\longrightarrow Be(NO_{3})_{2}+2\ N_{2}O_{4}} }$

properties

Beryllium nitrate is a solid, easily soluble in water, with a weak oxidizing effect. The commercial product is offered as a solution in water or nitric acid .

use

Beryllium nitrate is used in gas and acetylene lamps .

Related links

• Beryllium oxide nitrate

Web links

• Concise International Chemical Assessment Document (CICAD) for BERYLLIUM AND BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS

Individual evidence

1. ↑ webelements.com: Beryllium dinitrate .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Entry on beryllium nitrate in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on February 8, 2018(JavaScript required) .
3. ^ CL Parsons: "The Chemistry and Literature of Beryllium" , Chemical Publishing (1909), p. 37.
4. ↑ Not explicitly listed in Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) , but with the indicated labeling it falls under the group entry beryllium compounds with the exception of aluminum beryllium silicates, and with those specified elsewhere in this Annex in the Classification and Labeling Inventory of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), accessed on February 1, 2016. Manufacturers or distributors can expand the harmonized classification and labeling .
5. ↑ ^{a b} data sheet Beryllium standard for AAS analytical standard, 1.0 g / L Be in nitric acid from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on May 14, 2017 ( PDF ).
6. ↑ Georg Brauer (Ed.), With the collaboration of Marianne Baudler a . a .: Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. 3rd, revised edition. Volume II, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-432-87813-3 , p. 897.