Introduction
Name: copper(II) nitrate; cupric nitrate
* IUPAC
CAS Number: 3251-23-8
Molar Mass: 187.5558 g
Mass Percent: Cu 33.881 %; N 14.936 %; O 51.182 %
Classification
Uses/Function
• "In light-sensitive reproductive papers; as ceramic color; as mordant and oxidizing agent in textile dyeing and printing; as reagent for burnishing iron, for giving a black "antique" finish to copper, for coloring zinc brown; in nickel-plating baths; in aluminum brighteners; in wood-preservatives, fungicides, herbicides; in pyrotechnic compositionsl as catalyst component for solid rocket fuel; as nitrating agent for aromatic organosilicon comp[oun]ds; as catalyst for organic reactions." 1
Bonding
Reactions
2 Ag (s) + 1 Cu(NO3)2 (aq) → 2 AgNO3 (aq) + Cu (s)
Cd (s gamma) + 1 Cu(NO3)2 (aq) → Cd(NO3)2 (aq) + Cu (s)
Cu (s) + 2 AgNO3 (aq) → Cu(NO3)2 (aq) + 2 Ag (s)
3 Cu (s) + 8 HNO3 (aq) → 3 Cu(NO3)2 (aq) + 2 NO (g) + 4 H2O (ℓ) 2
Cu (s) + 2 AgNO3 (aq) → 2 Ag (s) + Cu(NO3)2 (aq) 3
Cu (s) + 4 HNO3 (aq) → Cu(NO3)2 (aq) + 2 NO2 (g) + 2 H2O (ℓ) 4
2 Cu(NO3)2 (s) → 2 CuO (s) + 4 NO2 (g) + 1 O2 (g) 5
14 HNO3 (aq) + 3 Cu2O (s) → 6 Cu(NO3)2 (aq) + 2 NO (g) + 7 H2O (ℓ)
For More Information
Wikipedia
Journals:
J. H. Gladstone and Alfred Tribe, Proc. Roy. Soc. London 20, 290-292 (1872)
Sources
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