cupric nitrate

Cupric nitrate

Nitric acid,copper(2+) salt (2:1);Nitric acid,copper(2+) salt;Copper nitrate (Cu(NO3)2);Cupric nitrate;Copper(II) nitrate;Copper dinitrate;Cupric dinitrate;Copper(2+) nitrate;Claycop

3251-23-8

Cu.2HNO3

InChIKey=WXYNCCWBUXKSBG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

187.56

186.905243

221-838-5

9TC879S2ZV

1477

DTXSID7040314

Large, blue-green, orthorhombic crystals

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Alcohols, Phenols, Phenol Alcohols

137.76000

0.56570

Obtained as a trihydrate and as a hexahydrate. Both are blue crystalline solids. Used in medicine, as an insecticide, in chemical analysis, in making light sensitive papers. Toxic oxides of nitrogen are produced in fires involving this material.

1.00 g/mL at 20 °C

255-256 °C

83ºC at 760 mmHg

H2O: soluble

KEEP WELL CLOSED. /CUPRIC NITRATE, HEXAHYDRATE/

Oral-Rat LD50: 940  mg/kg

Mixed with organic matter, reducing agent, flammable sulfur, phosphorus, combustible; combustion produces toxic nitrogen oxides and copper-containing fumes

Sublimes @ 150-225 °C|FP: 238.1 °F= 114.5 °C= 387 deg K /Cupric nitrate trihydrate/|Blue, deliquescent, rhombic plates; practically insoluble in ethyl acetate; pH of 0.2 M aqueous solution 4.0, melting point 114.5 °C, MW 241.60, density 2.05; BP 170, decomposes /Cupric nitrate trihydrate/|Blue, deliquescent, prismatic crystals, loses 3 waters at 26.4 °C, density 2.07, freely soluble in water, sol in alc /Cupric nitrate hexahydrate/|Dissolves in and reacts vigorously with ether|Decomposition begins around 80 °C upon formation of the basic salt; at temperatures of 180 °C the oxide is produced.

Deliquescent. Water soluble.

Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic

Strong Oxidizing Agent

Mixtures of CUPRIC NITRATE with alkyl esters may explode, owing to the formation of alkyl nitrates. Mixtures with phosphorus, tin(II) chloride or other reducing agents may react explosively [Bretherick, 1979 p. 108-109]. A finely divided mixture of potassium ferrocyanide and cupric nitrate exploded when dried at 220° C [Chem. Abst. 77:1343 (1972)]. Noncombustible, but it will accelerate the burning of combustible materials. If large quantities of the material are involved in a fire or the material is finely divided, an explosion may result. Prolonged exposure to fire or heat may result in an explosion.