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Sodium sulfate decahydrate

ACS reagent, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

Glauber’s salt

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Linear Formula:
Na2SO4 · 10H2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
322.20
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NB.24

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

Assay

≥99.0%

form

crystals

impurities

≤0.01% insolubles

pH

5.2-9.2 (25 °C, 5%)

mp

32.4 °C

solubility

water: soluble 322.2 g/L at 20 °C

density

1.46 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤5 ppm
phosphate (PO43-): ≤5 ppm

cation traces

Ca: ≤0.005%
Fe: ≤5 ppm
K: ≤0.005%
Mg: ≤0.003%
heavy metals (as Pb): ≤3 ppm

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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General description

Sodium sulfate decahydrate is also called as Glauber′s salt. It shows promising characteristics as phase change material (PCM) due to its high solar thermal energy storage ability.

Application

Sodium sulfate decahydrate may be used to deepen the color while dyeing cotton fabrics.6

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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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, 34(12), 3502-3510 (1978)
Curbing global warming with phase change materials for energy storage.
Anisur MR, et al.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 18, 23-30 (2013)
Enhancement of solar thermal energy storage performance using sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate of a conventional solar water-heating system.
Canbazoglu S, et al.
Energy and Buildings, 37(3), 235-242 (2005)
Thomas Canam et al.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology, 198, 17-26 (2012-12-04)
Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard) has previously been identified as a potential crop species suitable for marginal land in the North American prairies due to its relatively high salt tolerance. Two genetically related B. carinata lines with brown-seeded (BS) and yellow-seeded
C Poelaert et al.
Journal of animal science, 90 Suppl 4, 387-389 (2013-02-13)
Over the past decade, several in vitro methods have been developed to study intestinal fermentation in pigs and its influence on health. In these methods, samples are fermented by a bacterial inoculum diluted in a mineral buffer solution. Generally, a

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