12-08674. Silver Selenite [Archived]

Nomenclature

CAS number: 7784-05-6
Ag2O3Se; mol wt 342.69.
Ag 62.95%, O 14.01%, Se 23.04%.
Ag2SeO3.

Description and references

Prepd by dissolving silver selenide in boiling nitric acid and cooling: Berzelius, cited by Mellor, A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry 10, 824 (1930); from a soln of silver carbonate in selenious acid: Thomsen, Ber. 2, 598 (1869).

Properties

Needles. d 5.9297. Stable to mp 530°; dec above this temp to silver, selenium oxide and oxygen. Sparingly sol in cold water; freely in hot water; sol in nitric acid.

Status

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