Thallium(I) nitrate, also known as thallous nitrate, is a
thallium
Thallium is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Tl and atomic number 81. It is a gray post-transition metal that is not found free in nature. When isolated, thallium resembles tin, but discolors when exposed to air. Chemists W ...
compound
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with the formula
Tl NO3. It is a colorless and highly toxic salt.
Preparation
Thallium(I) nitrate can be produced by reacting
thallium(I) iodide
Thallium(I) iodide is a chemical compound with the formula TlI. It is unusual in being one of the few water-insoluble metal iodides, along with AgI, CuI, SnI2, SnI4, PbI2 and HgI2.
Chemistry
TlI can be formed in aqueous solution by metathes ...
with
nitric acid
Nitric acid is the inorganic compound with the formula . It is a highly corrosive mineral acid. The compound is colorless, but older samples tend to be yellow cast due to decomposition into oxides of nitrogen. Most commercially available nitri ...
.
However, the production is simpler starting from the metal,
its hydroxide or
the carbonate:
[Heinrich Remy: ''Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie'' Band I + II, Leipzig 1973.]
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See also
*
Thallium(III) nitrate
References
Thallium(I) compounds
Nitrates
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