Sodium antimonide

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Sodium antimonide
Names
Other names
  • trisodium antimony
  • trisodium antimonide
  • trisodium monoantimonide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.031.835 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 235-032-6
  • InChI=1S/3Na.Sb/q3*+1;-3
    Key: HSCHZFSFOSYHOF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Sb-3]
Properties
Na3Sb
Molar mass 190.729 g·mol−1
Appearance bluish-black crystals
Density 2.6 g/cm3
Melting point 856 °C (1,573 °F; 1,129 K)
reacts with water
Related compounds
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Sodium antimonide is a binary inorganic compound with the molecular formula Na3Sb.[1][2]

The compound is often synthesized by fusing the elements together[3] at 900 °C in an inert atmosphere (e.g. argon), resulting in a crystalline phase that facilitates Li or Na-ion storage.

3Na + Sb → Na3Sb

Physical properties

The compound forms bluish-black cystals of the hexagonal crystal system, space group P63/mmc, cell parameters a = 0.532 nm, c = 0.947 nm, Z = 2.[4][5]

At high pressures (3 GPa), the transition to the cubic system occurs.

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