Actinium(III) nitrate explained

Actinium(III) nitrate is an inorganic compound, actinium salt of nitric acid with the chemical formula Ac(NO3)3. The compound looks like white substance, readily soluble in water.[1]

Synthesis

Actinium nitrate can be obtained by dissolving actinium or actinium hydroxide in nitric acid.

Properties

Actinium(III) nitrate decomposes on heating above 600 °C:

This salt is used as a source of Ac3+ ions to obtain insoluble actinium compounds by precipitation from aqueous solutions.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Ferrier . Maryline G. . Stein . Benjamin W. . Batista . Enrique R. . Berg . John M. . Birnbaum . Eva R. . Engle . Jonathan W. . John . Kevin D. . Kozimor . Stosh A. . Lezama Pacheco . Juan S. . Redman . Lindsay N. . Synthesis and Characterization of the Actinium Aquo Ion . . 22 March 2017 . 3 . 3 . 176–185 . 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00356 . 28386595 . 2374-7943. 5364452 .
  2. Salutsky . M. L. . Kirby . H. W. . Precipitation of Actinium Oxalate from Homogeneous Solution . . 1 November 1956 . 28 . 11 . 1780–1782 . 10.1021/ac60119a044 . 18 August 2021 . 0003-2700.

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