Zirconium(IV) sulfate tetrahydrate | SSHADE

Solid phase

Official name: Zirconium(IV) sulfate tetrahydrate

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Zirconium sulfate tetrahydrate; Zirconium sulphate tetrahydrate; Zirconium disulfate tetrahydrate; Zirconium orthosulfate tetrahydrate; Sulfuric acid, zirconium(4+) salt (2:1)
CAS number: 7446-31-3

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: sulfate

Chemical composition

Formula: $Zr^{4+} \cdot ((SO_4)^{2-})_2 \bullet 4(H_2O)$
Chemical formula: Zr(SO4)2•4(H2O)
Elemental formula: (Zr4+) S2 O8 (O-)4 H8
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Zr^{4+}$	Zirconium(IV) cation	element	1	0.14285714285714285	1	constituent cation	main
	$(SO_4)^{2-}$	Sulfate anion	chemical function	2	0.2857142857142857	1	anionic radical	main
	$H_2O$	Water	molecule	4	0.5714285714285714	1	hydration	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$(SO_4)^{2-}$	2
	$R-OH$	2

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\cdot (\cdot) (\cdot) Zr^{4+} \cdot O^{-}-$	4
	$-O \dots H-$
	$-O-H$	2
	$\dddot - \dddot - \dddot - S \dddot - O^{-1/2}$	4

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: hydrated simple normal salts (07.04)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: orthorhombic
Crystal class: dipyramidal
Crystal class symbol: mmm (D2h)
Crystal spacegroup: Fddd

Physical properties

Molar mass: 355.40 $g/mol$
Density: 2.85 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP: solid
Phase transitions comments: Phase transitions described in Bear and Mumme, 1969, Acta Cryst., B25, 1572

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 1.646
Pure color: colorless
Color: white

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