Friday, August 26, 2016

What is Sodium borohydride?


CAS: 16940-66-2
Molecular Formula:NaBH4
Molecular Weight:37.83 
Sodium borohydride is a white to grayish apparent powder. It is addle by baptize to anatomy sodium hydroxide, a acerb material, and hydrogen, a combustible gas. The calefaction of this acknowledgment may be acceptable to burn the hydrogen. The actual itself is calmly afire and burns agilely already ignited. It is acclimated to accomplish added chemicals, amusement decay water, and for abounding added uses.

The admixture was apparent in the 1940s by H. I. Schlesinger, who led a aggregation that developed metal borohydrides for wartime applications (in particular, searching for a uranium admixture added airy than the hexafluoride to be acclimated in isotope break by aerial diffusion; this band of analysis did not crop advantageous results). Their plan was declassified and appear alone in 1953.

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