Sodium trimetaphosphate
Sodium trimetaphosphate (also STMP), with formula Na3P3O9, is a metaphosphate of sodium. It has the empirical formula NaPO3. It is the sodium salt of trimetaphosphoric acid. It is a colourless solid that finds specialised applications in food and construction industries. STMP is prepared by heating samples sodium polyphosphate. [2]
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Na3P3O9 | |
Molar mass | 305.885 g/mol |
Appearance | colorless or white crystals |
Density | 2.49 g/cm3 (anhydrous) 1.786 g/cm3 (hexahydrate) |
Melting point | 53 °C (127 °F; 326 K) (hexahydrate, decomposes to anyhdrous) |
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Solubility | insoluble in alcohol |
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1.433 (hexahydrate) |
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triclinic (hexahydrate) | |
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Although drawn with a particular resonance structure, the trianion has D3d symmetry.[3] Hydrolysis of the ring leads to the acyclic sodium triphosphate:
- Na3P3O9 + H2O → H2Na3P3O10
References
- Lide, David R. (1998). Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 4–86. ISBN 0-8493-0594-2.
- Klaus Schrödter; Gerhard Bettermann; Thomas Staffel; Friedrich Wahl; Thomas Klein; Thomas Hofmann (2008). Phosphoric Acid and Phosphates. Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a19_465.pub3.
- Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
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