Sodium chlorite is an inorganic sodium salt in which chlorite is the counterion. It has a role as an oxidising agent. It is a chlorite salt and an inorganic sodium salt.
Oxidizing
Corrosive
Acute toxic
Health hazard
Environmental hazard
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Sodium chlorite is an inorganic sodium salt in which chlorite is the counterion. It has a role as an oxidising agent. It is a chlorite salt and an inorganic sodium salt.
| Physical Description | Sodium chlorite appears as a white crystalline solid. Difficult to burn, but accelerates the burning of organic substances. Forms explosive mixtures with certain combustible materials. May explode … |
| Color/Form | White crystals or crystalline powder |
| Melting Point | Decomposes as it melts between 180-200 °C |
| Density | 2.468 g/cu cm in crystalline form |
| Solubility | Slightly soluble in methanol |
| IUPAC Name | sodium chlorite |
| Molecular Formula | ClNaO2 |
| Molecular Weight | 90.44 g/mol |
| CAS | 7758-19-2 |
| SMILES | [O-]Cl=O.[Na+] |
| InChIKey | UKLNMMHNWFDKNT-UHFFFAOYSA-M |
| Catalog No | KC.1910154 |
| Pack sizes | 250GM · 500GM |
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