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Sodium sulfate decahydrate

puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP, ≥99.0% (calc. to the dried substance)

Synonym(s):

Glauber’s salt

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Linear Formula:
Na2SO4 · 10H2O
CAS Number:
7727-73-3
Molecular Weight:
322.20
EC Number:
231-820-9
MDL number:
MFCD00149189
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
329750241
form:
crystals
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grade

puriss.

Assay

≥99.0% (calc. to the dried substance)

form

crystals

quality

meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP

impurities

acidity or alkalinity, complies
 residual solvents, complies
≤10 mg/kg heavy metals (as Pb)
≤200 mg/kg free alkali (as NaOH)
≤300 mg/kg free acid (as H2SO4)

loss

53-57% loss on drying, 130 °C

density

1.46 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤100 mg/kg

cation traces

As: ≤2 mg/kg
Ca: ≤50 mg/kg
Fe: ≤5 mg/kg
Mg: ≤100 mg/kg
Zn: ≤20 mg/kg

suitability

complies for appearance of solution
complies for identity

SMILES string

O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.[Na+].[Na+].[O-]S([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

1S/2Na.H2O4S.10H2O/c;;1-5(2,3)4;;;;;;;;;;/h;;(H2,1,2,3,4);10*1H2/q2*+1;;;;;;;;;;;/p-2

InChI key

RSIJVJUOQBWMIM-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Thermodynamics of crystallization of sodium sulfate decahydrate in H2O-NaCl-Na2SO4: application to Na2SO4?10H2O-based latent heat storage materials.
Marliacy P, et al.
Thermochimica Acta, 344(1), 85-94 (2000)
Crystal structures of sodium sulfate decahydrate (Glauber's salt) and sodium tetraborate decahydrate (borax). Redetermination by neutron diffraction.
Levy HA and Lisensky GC.
Acta Crystallographica Section B, Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, 34(12), 3502-3510 (1978)
Jia-ying Zhu et al.
Zhongguo wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue = Chinese critical care medicine = Zhongguo weizhongbing jijiuyixue, 24(6), 346-348 (2012-10-02)
To investigate the effect of nasal tube feeding of rhubarb solution and umbilical compress of Glauber's salt for purgation in the treatment of patients with severe acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning (AOPP). A retrospective study was conducted. Eighty patients with severe
Mara Schiro et al.
Physical review letters, 109(26), 265503-265503 (2013-02-02)
Pressure exerted by crystallization of salts within porous materials contributes to damage in historic and modern construction. By unequivocally identifying the precipitating phase(s) while simultaneously determining solution supersaturation and associated crystallization pressure in subsurface pores, we show that the formation
Min-Jie Cao et al.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 73(4), 607-616 (2012-10-26)
Plants play a prominent role as sulfur reducers in the global sulfur cycle. Sulfate, the major form of inorganic sulfur utilized by plants, is absorbed and transported by specific sulfate transporters into plastids, especially chloroplasts, where it is reduced and
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