Copper(II) nitrate is an inorganic nitrate salt having copper(2+) as the couterion. It contains a copper(2+).
Oxidizing
Corrosive
Acute toxic
Irritant
Environmental hazard
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Copper(II) nitrate is an inorganic nitrate salt having copper(2+) as the couterion. It contains a copper(2+).
| Physical Description | 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 nitroge… |
| Color/Form | Large, blue-green, orthorhombic crystals |
| Melting Point | 238.1 °F (USCG, 1999) |
| Boiling Point | Sublimes |
| Density | 2.32 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water; will sink |
| Solubility | 137.8 g/100 cc water @ 0 °C, 1270 g/100 cc water @ 100 °C, 100 g/100 cc alcohol @ 12.5 °C, very slightly sol in liq ammonia /Cupric nitrate trihydrate/ |
| IUPAC Name | copper dinitrate |
| Molecular Formula | CuN2O6 |
| Molecular Weight | 187.56 g/mol |
| CAS | 3251-23-8 |
| SMILES | [N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[Cu+2] |
| InChIKey | XTVVROIMIGLXTD-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| Catalog No | KC.310256 |
| Pack sizes | 250GM · 500GM |
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