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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