Silver amide

Structural formula
No drawing available
General
Surname	Silver amide
other names	Bertholletsches cracking powder
Molecular formula	AgNH 2
Brief description	white solid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 65235-79-2 Wikidata Q4064286
properties
Molar mass	123.89 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling no classification available
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 .

${\displaystyle \mathrm {AgNO_{3}+KNH_{2}\longrightarrow AgNH_{2}+KNO_{3}} }$

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

1. ↑ ^{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.
2. ↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.