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TABLE 120.- 



-DENSITIES AND MELTING AND BOILING POINTS OF 

 INORGANIC COMPOUNDS* 



Density 

 about 

 Substance Chemical formula 20°C 



Aluminum chloride A1C1 3 2.44 



nitrate Al(NO s ) 3 + 9H,0 



oxide AUO3 4.00 



Ammonia NH 3 



Ammonium nitrate NH.NOj 1.72 



phosphite NH 4 H 2 P0 3 



sulfate (NH«) 2 SC>4 1.77 



Antimony pentachloride . . SbCls 2.35 



trichloride SbCU 3.14 



Arsenic hydride AsH 3 



trichloride AsCl 3 2.20 



Barium chloride BaCl 2 3.86 



nitrate Ba(N0 3 ) 2 3.24 



perchlorate Ba(QO0i ... 



Bismuth trichloride BiCl 3 4.75 



Boric acid H 3 B0 3 1.46 



anhydride B 2 3 1.79 



Borax (sodium borate) Na2B<07 2.36 



Cadmium chloride CdQ 2 4.05 



nitrate Cd(N0 3 ) 2 + 4H 2 . .. 2.45 



Calcium chloride CaCl 2 2.26 



chloride CaCl 2 + 6H 2 1.68 



nitrate Ca(NO»), 2.36 



nitrate Ca(N0 3 ) 2 + 4H 2 0a ... 1.82 



oxide CaO 3.40 



Carbon tetrachloride CCU 1.59 



dioxide C0 2 



disulfide CS 2 1.26 



monoxide CO 



trichloride C 2 Cle 1.63 



Chloric (per) acid HCIO4 1.764 



Chlorine dioxide C10 2 



Chrome alum KCr(SO<) 2 + 12 H 2 . . 1.83 



nitrate Cr 2 (N0 3 )« + 18 H 2 



Chromium oxide CrOs 5.21 



Cobalt sulfate C0SO4 3.710 



Cupric chloride CuCl 2 3.05 



nitrate Cu(N0 3 ) 2 + 3 H 2 ....2.05 



Cuprous chloride Cu 2 Cl 2 3.7 



Hydrogen bromide HBr 



chloride HC1 



fluoride HF 99 



iodide HI 



peroxide H 2 2 1.5 



phosphide PH 3 



sulfide H 2 S 



Iron chloride FeCl 3 2.80 



nitrate Fe(NO»)» -f 9 H 2 .... 1.68 



sulfate FeS0 4 + 7H 2 1.90 



Lead chloride PbCI, 5.8 



Magnesium chloride MgCl 2 2.18 



oxide MgO . . . .• 3.4 



nitrate Mg(NOi), + 6 H,0 ... 1.46 



sulfate MgSO« 2.66 



Manganese chloride MnCl 2 + 4 H 2 2.01 



nitrate Mn(N0 3 ) 2 + 6 H 2 ... 1.82 



sulfate MnSO« 3.25 



Mercuric chloride HgCl 2 5.42 



* Prepared by F. C. Kracek, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington. 

 t Decomposes. J At 2.5 atm pressure. § At 5.2 atm pressure. 



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