Radium nitrate

Radium nitrate
Names
Other names
  • Radium(II) nitrate
  • Radium dinitrate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/2NO3.Ra/c2*2-1(3)4;/q2*-1;+2
    Key: AMLSLPXXUHKKSF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Ra+2].[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O
Properties
Ra(NO3)2
Molar mass 350.01 g/mol
Appearance White solid[1]
Melting point 280 °C (536 °F; 553 K) (decomposes)
13.9 g/100 ml
Solubility in nitric acid Insoluble
Related compounds
Other anions
 Radium carbonate
Other cations
 Barium nitrate
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Radium nitrate is a radioactive salt with the formula Ra(NO3)2. It is a white solid, but old samples appear yellowish-grey. Although radium chloride and radium bromide are less soluble than the corresponding barium salts, radium nitrate is more soluble than barium nitrate.[1][2] It decomposes at 280 °C to radium oxide.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b Otto Erbacher (1930). "Löslichkeits-Bestimmungen einiger Radiumsalze" [Solubility determinations of some radium salts]. Chemische Berichte (in German). 63 (1): 141–156. doi:10.1002/cber.19300630120.
  2. ^ Kirby, H. W.; Salutsky, Murrell L. (1964). The Radiochemistry of Radium (PDF). National Academies Press. pp. 4–8.