12-05439. Lead Selenite [Archived]

Nomenclature

CAS number: 7488-51-9
O3PbSe; mol wt 334.16.
O 14.36%, Pb 62.01%, Se 23.63%.
PbSeO3.

Description and references

Prepd by adding selenious acid or an alkali selenite to a soln of lead chloride or nitrate: Berzelius, cited in Mellor's vol. X, 833 (1930).

Properties

Powder. mp ≈ 500°. Melts to a yellow liquid. Dec at a bright-red heat giving off selenium oxide. Very sparingly sol in water; difficultly dec by boiling sulfuric acid.

Status

This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject to revision or update.