Silver amide
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Surname | Silver amide | ||||||
other names |
Bertholletsches cracking powder |
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Molecular formula | AgNH 2 | ||||||
Brief description |
white solid |
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Molar mass | 123.89 g mol −1 | ||||||
Physical state |
firmly |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Silver amide is an inorganic chemical compound of silver from the group of amides .
Extraction and presentation
Silver amide can be obtained by reacting silver nitrate with potassium amide in ammonia .
properties
Silver amide is a white crystalline solid which, when dried, shrinks to a dark, partly black colored mass. When dry, the compound is extremely explosive. When cooling to –190 ° C, the explosiveness of the substance hardly changes. Exposure to light causes a dark color, high-energy radiation (lightning) causes detonation.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Georg Brauer (Ed.), With the collaboration of Marianne Baudler a . a .: Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. 3rd, revised edition. Volume I, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-432-02328-6 , p. 1001.
- ↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.