9265. Thallium Mononitrate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 10102-45-1
Nitric acid thallium(1+) salt; thallium(I) nitrate; thallous nitrate.
NO3Tl; mol wt 266.39.
N 5.26%, O 18.02%, Tl 76.72%.
TlNO3.

Description and references

Toxicity study: M. W. Williams et al., Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 63, 461 (1982).

Properties

White crystals. Poisonous. d 5.55. mp 206°; dec at 450°. Sol in 10 parts cold water, 0.3 part boiling water. Insol in alcohol. LD50 i.p. in mice: 0.14 mmol/kg (Williams).

Use

As a reagent in analytical chemistry, esp for the determination of iodine in presence of Br and Cl; also with KClO3, HgCl and resin for green fire for signalling at sea.