Strontium carbonate , solubility

Strontium carbonate is a colorless or white crystalline soHd having a rhombic stmcture below 926°C and a hexagonal stmcture above this temperature. It has a specific gravity of 3.70, a melting point of 1497°C at 6 MPa (60 atm), and it decomposes to the oxide on heating at 1340°C. It is insoluble in water but reacts with acids, and is soluble in solutions of ammonium salts. 

In another process, strontium sulfate can be converted to strontium carbonate direcdy by a metathesis reaction wherein strontium sulfate is added to a solution of sodium carbonate to produce strontium carbonate and leave sodium sulfate in solution (6). Prior to this reaction, the finely ground ore is mixed with hydrochloric acid to convert the calcium carbonates and iron oxides to water-soluble chlorides. 

Polymers with extremely high molecular weights result from the polymerization of ethylene oxide initiated by the carbonates of the alkaline earth metals, e.g., strontium carbonate, which must, however, be very pure. Poly(ethylene oxides) having molecular weights up to about 600 are viscous liquids above that they are wax-like or solid, crystalline products that are readily soluble not only... 

Strontium carbonate is insoluble in water. It precipitates from the product mixture in the second reaction. If fused with sodium carbonate, the product mixture is leached with water. Insoluble carbonate separates from the water-soluble sodium sulfate. 

Dr. Crawford showed in this paper that the salt (strontium chloride) obtained by dissolving the new mineral in hydrochloric acid differs in several respects from barium chloride. It is much more soluble in hot water than in cold, the strontium salt is much the more soluble in water and produces a greater cooling effect, and these two chlorides have different crystalline forms. He concluded therefore that the mineral which is sold at Strontean [sic] for aerated terra ponderosa possesses different qualities from that earth, although at the same time it must be admitted that in many particulars they have a very near resemblance to each other. He also stated that it is probable that the Scotch mineral is a new species of earth which has not hitherto been sufficiently examined and that Mr. Babington. . . has for some time entertained a suspicion that the Scotch mineral is not the true aerated terra ponderosa. In 1790 Dr. Crawford sent a specimen of the new mineral (strontianite, strontium carbonate) to Richard Kirwan for analysis (50, 66). 

Stiontiuni acetate, [CAS 543-94-2], Si(C2H3C>2)2, white crystals, soluble, formed by reaction of strontium carbonate or hydroxide and acetic acid,... 

Nitric acid is usually monobasic, forming a series of salts, the nitrates. The basic salts have been discussed by A. Ditte,11 E. Groschuff, and others—see, for example, the basic lead nitrates. The nitrates are usually made by the action of the acid on the metal, hydroxide, oxide, carbonate, etc. According to H. Braconnot, the cone, acid does not decompose dehydrated sodium, barium, calcium, or lead carbonate, even when boiling, because the nitrates of these bases are insoluble in the cone, acid, and a surface film of nitrate protects the remainder of the carbonate from the acid. Potassium carbonate is decomposed by the cone, acid because the nitrate is soluble in the cone. acid. J. Pelouze said that an alcoholic soln. of nitric acid does not act on potassium carbonate, but it acts slowly on sodium, barium, and magnesium carbonates, and rapidly on calcium and strontium carbonates because, added H. Braconnot, calcium and strontium nitrates are readily dissolved by alcohol, whereas potassium nitrate is but sparingly soluble in that menstruum. Potassium hydroxide resists attack by a soln. of nitric acid in ether unless the mixture is boiled or shaken. A. A. Kazantzeff discussed the influence of nitric acid on the solubilities of the nitrates. 

White precipitate of strontium carbonate White precipitate of strontium sulfate White precipitate of strontium sulfate Yellow precipitate of strontium chromate White precipitate of strontium oxalate, which is soluble in mineral acids... 

A solution of 12.6 g. of pure a-methyl-D-glucopyranoside (XXVII) in distilled water is added to 260 cc. of 0.54 M aqueous periodic acid solution (2.1 molecular equivalents). The solution, after being diluted with water to 500 cc., is kept at 20-25° for about twenty-four hours. If desired, the excess periodic acid can be determined by the arsenite method. The rotation of the reaction solution should correspond to [a]i> = +121° calculated for the dialdehyde XXVIII. The solution is neutralized to phenolphthalein with hot strontium hydroxide solution with care to avoid any excess. The precipitate of strontium iodate and strontium periodate is filtered and washed with cold water. After the addition of 1 g. <5f strontium carbonate, the solution is concentrated in vacuum with the water bath at 50° to a volume of about 50 cc., filtered to Temove strontium carbonate, and the concentration (bath, 40°) continued to dryness. The residue is extracted six times with 25-cc. portions of cold absolute ethanol, which separates the dialdehyde completely from slightly soluble strontium salts, as shown by the lack of optical activity of an aqueous solution of these salts. The dialdehyde XXVIII is recovered from the ethanol solution as a colorless syrup in quantitative yield by distillation of the solvent in vacuum with the bath at 40-45°. 

The method consists in first converting the sulphate into the carbonate by boiling it with a concentrated solution of sodium carbonate, and then dissolving the carbonate in hydrochloric acid, thereby yielding a solution of the chloride. The conversion of solid strontium sulphate into solid strontium carbonate furnishes an interesting illustration of the solubility product principle, for the solubility of these two salts in pure water is as follows ... 

Strontium sulphate would dissolve in the solution of sodium carbonate in the same manner as it would in pure water until it had saturated the solution, and its solubility product, which is equal to 0.0006 X 0.0006, was reached, but for the fact that long before this could occur the solution would be supersaturated with respect to strontium carbonate, the solubility product of which is only equal to 0.00007 X 0.00007. Thus strontium carbonate is precipitated continuously as strontium sulphate dissolves and since the solution cannot become saturated with the latter as long as a large excess of carbonate ions is present, the solid salt finally remaining will consist entirely of strontium carbonate, provided a sufficient amount of sodium carbonate were employed. The reaction which takes place is, however, reversible, SrSO + Na2C03 SrCOj + NasSO, and, if strontium carbonate were boiled with a solution of sodium sulphate, the solid would change into sulphate until carbonate ions had accumulated in the solution to such an extent as to make the concentration ratio [C03 ] [SO4 ] = 1 74. When this ratio prevails, both solids are in equilibrium with the solution and no change takes place in either direction. 

Explain why strontium carbonate, which is less soluble in pure water than strontium sulphate, should dissolve readily in dilute acids, while the latter salt will dissolve scarcely any more in acids than in pure water. 

Sodium nitrate III Sodium nitrite VIII Sodium peroxide IV, Q. 61 Sodium sulphate Q. 3, II Sodium tetraborate Q. 23 Starch, soluble IV, VII, VIII Strontium carbonate P. 21 Sugar, cane III, VIII Sulphur, flowers II, IV, VIII Tartaric Acid III... 

Strontium carbonate is somewhat less soluble than barium carbonate otherwise its characteristics (slight solubility in ammonium salts, decomposition with acids) are similar to those of the latter. 

Strontium carbonate is less soluble than strontium sulphate (solubility 5-9 mg SrC03 1, Ks = 1-6 x 10-9 at room temperature). 

Ba Srj TiOj is synthesized, barium and strontium carbonates or acetates are dissolved in the aqueous solution containing water-soluble titanium complex. Although strontium salts can be dissolved in water relatively easily (there are numerous water-soluble strontium salts), strontium forms precipitate with citric acid that is hardly soluble in water. Therefore to utilize citratoperoxotitanium complex for the synthesis of Ba Srj. Ti03 is difhcult. In such a case, the com-plexing agent should be changed. 

Strontium carbonate Polyvinyl chloride Soluble glutinous rice starch Specific gravity=1.30 g/cc Burning rate =1 7 mm/sec... 

In addition, precipitation of fission-product elements has been demonstrated. The addition of sodium carbonate or sodium sulfate to molten equimolar sodium-potassium nitrate containing soluble strontium nitrate results in precipitation of strontium carbonate or strontium sulfate, respectively. Molybdenum trioxide, M0O3, added to an equimolar sodium-potassium nitrate melt resulted in evolution of nitrogen dioxide and dissolution of the molybdenum, presumably as the molybdate anion, MogOy (14). Addition of soluble strontium nitrate to this nitrate melt produced an insoluble precipitate that was also insoluble in water. The existence of an aqueous insoluble strontium molybdate is known, and it is believed that a similar species is formed in the melt. 

CAS 10476-86-5. (1) SrL 6H20. (2) Sri, Properties (1) White, crystalline plates. Decomposes in moist air becomes yellow on exposure to air or light. (2) White crystals. Soluble in water and alcohol. (2) D 4.549, mp 515C, bp decomposes. (1) D 2.67 (25C), mp 90C (decomposes). Derivation By treating strontium carbonate with hydriodic acid. 

Strontium is fairly reactive and therefore is rarely found in its pure form in the earth s crust. Examples of common strontium compounds include strontium carbonate, strontium chloride, strontium hydroxide, strontium nitrate, strontium oxide, and strontium titanate. The most toxic strontium compound is strontium chromate, which is used in the production of pigments and can cause cancer by the inhalation route. Strontium chromate is not included in the Levels of Significant Exposure (LSE) tables for strontium since the carcinogenic effects of the compound are a function of the concentration of hexavalent chromium, and strontium only contributes to solubility. The Toxicological Profile for Chromium (ATSDR 2000) should be consulted for additional information on the health effects of strontium chromate. 

The Elution processes depend on the formation of the sparingly soluble calcium or strontium salts formed by sugar—calcium and strontium saccharates. These salts, obtained by various methods in pure condition from the sugar in molasses, are suspended in water and decomposed into sugar and calcium or strontium carbonate, as the case may be, by the aotion of carbonic acid gas. 

Strontium carbonate Strontium carbonate (SrCOa). Catalyst, used in radiation-resistant glass for color TV tubes, ceramic ferrites, pyrotechnics. Also used in sugar refining. White solid dec 1100° d = 3.5 soluble in H2O (0.001 g/100 ml). Atomergic Chemetals Cerac Mallinckrodt Inc. Solvay Deutschland GmbH. 

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