- Hydroxylammonium sulfate
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Name = Hydroxylammonium sulfate
OtherNames = Hydroxylamine sulfate
Section1 = Chembox Identifiers
CASNo = 10039-54-0
EINECS = 233-118-8
Section2 = Chembox Properties
Formula = H8N2O6S
MolarMass = 164.14 g mol−1
Appearance = white crystalline to fine product, slightly hygroscopic
Density = 1.10 g cm−3, solid [http://www.inorganics.basf.com/p02/CAPortal/en_GB/portal/Hydroxylamin_freie_Base/content/Produktgruppen/Hydroxylaminverbindungen/Hydroxylammoniumsulfat/Hydroxylammoniumsulfat BASF hydroxylammonium sulfate product page] ]
MeltingPt = around 170 °C (decomposes)
BoilingPt =
Solubility = 370 g l−1
Section7 = Chembox Hazards
ExternalMSDS = [http://msds.chem.ox.ac.uk/HY/hydroxylamine_sulfate.html Oxford PTCL MSDS]
EUClass = Corrosive (C) Harmful (Xi) Explosive (E)
NFPA-H = 3
NFPA-F = 1
NFPA-R = 2Hydroxylammonium sulfate, (NH3OH)2SO4, is the
sulfuric acid salt ofhydroxylamine . It is primarily used as an easily-handled form of hydroxylamine, which is explosive when pure.ynthesis
Hydroxylammonium sulfate can be obtained by the
acid-base reaction of hydroxylamine with sulfuric acid::2NH2OH(aq) + H2SO4(aq) → (NH3OH)2SO4(aq)
Applications
Hydroxylammonium sulfate is used in
organic synthesis to convertaldehyde s andketone s tooxime s,carboxylic acid s and their derivatives (e.g.ester s) tohydroxamic acid s,isocyanate s to N-hydroxyureas andnitrile s toamidoxime s. Hydroxylammonium sulfate is also used to generatehydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid fromoleum orchlorosulfuric acid .Hydroxylammonium sulfate is used in the production of anti-skinning agents, pharmaceuticals, rubber, textiles, plastics and detergents. It is a radical scavenger that terminates
radical polymerization reactions and serves as anantioxidant in natural rubber. (NH3OH)2SO4 is a starting material for some insecticides, herbicides and growth regulators. It is used in photography as a stabiliser for colour developers and as an additive inphotographic emulsion s in colour film.Decomposition
At 120 °C, hydroxylammonium sulfate begins to decompose to
sulfur trioxide ,nitrous oxide , water, andammonia ::2(NH3OH)2SO4 → 2SO3 + N2O + 2NH3 + 5H2O
The reaction is exothermic above 138 °C, and is most exothermic at 177 °C. Metals (especially copper, its alloys and its salts) catalyse the decomposition of hydroxylammonium sulfate.
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