Antimony tetroxide
Chemical compound
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Antimony tetroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula Sb2O4. This material, which exists as the mineral cervantite,[3] is white but reversibly yellows upon heating. The material, with empirical formula SbO2, is called antimony tetroxide to signify the presence of two kinds of Sb centers.[4]
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| IUPAC name
antimony(III,V) oxide | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.014.161 |
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| Properties | |
| SbO2; Sb2O4 | |
| Molar mass | 153.7588; 307.5176 g/mol |
| Appearance | white solid |
| Density | 6.64 g/cm3 (orthorhombic form) [1] |
| Melting point | > 930 °C (1,710 °F; 1,200 K) (decomposes) |
| Boiling point | decomposes |
| insoluble | |
Refractive index (nD) |
2.0 |
| Structure | |
| orthorhombic | |
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| NFPA 704 (fire diamond) | |
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PEL (Permissible) |
TWA 0.5 mg/m3 (as Sb)[2] |
REL (Recommended) |
TWA 0.5 mg/m3 (as Sb)[2] |
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Related compounds |
Antimony trioxide Antimony pentoxide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Formation and structure
The material forms when Sb2O3 is heated in air:[5]
- Sb2O3 + 0.5 O2 → Sb2O4 ΔH = −187 kJ/mol
At 800 °C, antimony(V) oxide loses oxygen to give the same material:
- Sb2O5 → Sb2O4 + 0.5 O2 ΔH = −64 kJ/mol
The material is mixed valence, containing both Sb(V) and Sb(III) centers. Two polymorphs are known, one orthorhombic (shown in the infobox) and one monoclinic.[1] Both forms feature octahedral Sb(V) centers arranged in sheets with distorted Sb(III) centers bound to four oxides.