Sodium borohydride - CAS # 16940-66-2
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Chemical Name: Sodium borohydride
Chemical Formula: BH4Na
CAS Number: 16940-66-2
EC Number (EINECS): 241-004-4
Synonyms: Sodium borohydride;Sodium tetrahydridoborate;Borate(1-), tetrahydro-, sodium;Borohydrure de sodium;Sodium tetrahydroborate(1-);UN 1426;NaBH4
Appearance: white crystals or powder
Melting Point: ca. 400 C (decompose
Vapor Density: 1.3 (air = 1)
Auto Ignition: 220 C
Water Solubility: 550 g/L at 25 C
Stability: Stability Stable, but reacts readily with water (reaction may be violent). Incompatible with water, oxidizing agents, carbon dioxide, hydrogen halides, acids, palladium, ruthenium and other metal salts, glass. Flammable solid. Air-sensitive.
Molecular Weight: 37.833
Related Hazardous Material Name: Sodium borohydride
Emergency Response Guide Number: 138
Related Analytes (Sodium borohydride):
Sodium phosphate dibasic dihydrate Sodium chromate tetrahydrate Sodium bisulfate monohydrate Disodium hydrogen phosphate dodecahydrate Sodium hypophosphite monohydrate Sodium arsenate heptahydrate 2-formylbenzenesulfonic acid sodium salt Sodium permanganate Sodium tetrathionate dihydrate Trisodium phosphate (sodium phosphate tribasic)
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