Silver stearate explained

Silver stearate is a metal-organic compound with the chemical formula . The compound is classified as a metallic soap, i.e. a metal derivative of a fatty acid (stearic acid).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Synthesis

Silver stearate can be obtained by the reaction of sodium stearate and silver nitrate.

Also by the reaction of stearic acid and silver nitrate in presence of DBU.^[4]

Physical properties

Silver stearate forms white powder.^[5]

Silver stearate crystals are of triclinic crystal system; cell parameters a = 0.5431 nm, b = 4.871 nm, c = 0.4120 nm, α = 90.53°, β = 122.80°, γ = 90.12°, Z = 2.

The compound is insoluble in water, ethanol, diethyl ether.

Notes and References

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2. Nyam-Osor . M . Soloviov . D V . Kovalev . Yu S . Zhigunov . A . Rogachev . A V . Ivankov . O I . Erhan . R V . Kuklin . A I . Silver behenate and silver stearate powders for calibration of SAS instruments . Journal of Physics: Conference Series . 30 March 2012 . 351 . 1 . 012024 . 10.1088/1742-6596/351/1/012024 . 2012JPhCS.351a2024N . 137123053 . free .
3. Book: Diamond . Arthur S. . Handbook of Imaging Materials . 8 October 2018 . . 978-1-4822-7736-4 . 515 . 7 February 2023 . en.
4. Basel . Siddhant . Bhardwaj . Karishma . Pradhan . Sajan . Pariyar . Anand . Tamang . Sudarsan . DBU-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Nearly Any Metal Salt of Fatty Acid (M-FA): A Library of Metal Precursors to Semiconductor Nanocrystal Synthesis . ACS Omega . 31 March 2020 . 5 . 12 . 6666–6675 . 10.1021/acsomega.9b04448 . 32258902 . 7114616 . 214989827 .
5. Web site: Silver stearate (CAS 3507-99-1) Glentham Life Sciences . glentham.com . 7 February 2023 . en.