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Marinel Subu

How to prepare sodium borohydride solution?

Caren McElrea  Follow

Try prepare with ice cold water because it could react violently at room temperature if prepared with warm water


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Ashley Kjerstin  Follow

No, if you use water, you will have decomposition of sodium borohydride. You have to add sodium hydroxide to stabilize the solution.
See International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2012 p3313-3318

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Cheating - Spouse/Partner  Follow

how to prepare 0.1m NaBH4 solution

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Aryan Chopra  Follow

Decomposition of sodium borohydride starts when it reacts with water molecules. Use of base like NaOH can prevent its decomposition. I suggest to use NaBH4 powder instead of aqueous solution.

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Aneeqa Sabir  Follow




Hi Sumisha A. ,
As you know, to keep the solution of NaBH4 stable during storage, you need to use water at a basic range (See attached Figure to explore the stability time of NaBH4 at different pH values). However, at room temperature, 1.0 N NaOH solution was considered appropriate to meet the stability requirements for the borohydride solutions during the long-term storage with a degree of hydrolysis equal to 0.01% NaBH4/h (see Article Stability of alkaline aqueous solutions of sodium borohydride
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For preparing a stable solution of NaBH4, you need to perform the following steps:
1- prepare 1.0 N NaOH solution.
2- cool the solution with an ice-water bath.
3- add the dry granulated NaBH4 to the NaOH solution under stirring conditions until a homogeneous mixture is formed.

You can use this solution as a stock for further uses.

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Bob Spillman  Follow

It's a very common commercial reagent. I think you are using water as solvent in your reaction. You can prepare sodium borohydride solution using water also.

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Chaudhary Haziq  Follow

Thank you Marc Capet . but I don't know if NaOH interact with the reaction of Reduction of AgNO3 or not.

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Christopher Proescher  Follow

Sodium borohydride is soluble in water, but it reacts with water. When dissolved in water, hydrogen gas is formed as a reaction by-product. Hydrogen gas is extremely flammable.
how do you prepare it with soft method????

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Darko Savic  Follow

I have prepare it with bi distillate water.

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Alistair Riddoch  Follow

You can prepare solution of NaBH4 in water in the presence of sodium hydroxyde.

See International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2012 p3313-3318

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Christian Richardson  Follow

Thank you Marc Capet . but I don't know if NaOH interact with the reaction of Reduction of AgNO3 or not.

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