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Preferred IUPAC name
Sodium acetate | |
Systematic IUPAC name
Sodium ethanoate | |
Other names
Hot ice (sodium acetate trihydrate)
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.004.386 |
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E number | E262 (preservatives) |
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Properties | |
C2H3NaO2 | |
Molar mass | 82.034 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | White deliquescent powder or crystals |
Odor | Vinegar (acetic acid) odor when heated to decomposition[1] |
Density | 1.528 g/cm3 (20 °C, anhydrous) 1.45 g/cm3 (20 °C, trihydrate)[2] |
Melting point | 324 °C (615 °F; 597 K) (anhydrous) 58 °C (136 °F; 331 K) (trihydrate) |
Boiling point | 881.4 °C (1,618.5 °F; 1,154.5 K) (anhydrous) 122 °C (252 °F; 395 K) (trihydrate) decomposes |
Anhydrous: 119 g/100 mL (0 °C) 123.3 g/100 mL (20 °C) 125.5 g/100 mL (30 °C) 137.2 g/100 mL (60 °C) 162.9 g/100 mL (100 °C) Trihydrate: 32.9 g/100 mL (-10 °C) 36.2 g/100 mL (0 °C) 46.4 g/100 mL (20 °C) 82 g/100 mL (50 °C)[3] | |
Solubility | Soluble in alcohol, hydrazine, SO2[4] |
Solubility in methanol | 16 g/100 g (15 °C) 16.55 g/100 g (67.7 °C)[4] |
Solubility in ethanol | Trihydrate: 5.3 g/100 mL |
Solubility in acetone | 0.5 g/kg (15 °C)[4] |
Acidity (pKa) | 24 (20 °C)[4] 4.75 (when mixed with CH3COOH as a buffer)[5] |
Basicity (pKb) | 9.25 |
−37.6·10−6 cm3/mol | |
Refractive index (nD)
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1.464 |
Structure | |
Monoclinic | |
Thermochemistry | |
Heat capacity (C)
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100.83 J/(mol·K) (anhydrous)[6] 229 J/(mol·K) (trihydrate)[7] |
Std molar
entropy (S⦵298) |
138.1 J/(mol·K) (anhydrous)[6] 262 J/(mol·K) (trihydrate)[2] |
Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH⦵298) |
−709.32 kJ/mol (anhydrous)[4] −1604 kJ/mol (trihydrate)[2] |
Gibbs free energy (ΔfG⦵)
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−607.7 kJ/mol (anhydrous)[4] |
Pharmacology | |
B05XA08 (WHO) | |
Hazards | |
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH): | |
Main hazards
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Irritant |
NFPA 704 (fire diamond) | |
Flash point | >250 °C (482 °F; 523 K)[5] |
607 °C (1,125 °F; 880 K)[5] | |
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |
LD50 (median dose)
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3530 mg/kg (oral, rat) >10000 mg/kg (rabbit, dermal) |
LC50 (median concentration)
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>30 g/m3 (rat, 1 h) |
Safety data sheet (SDS) | Fisher Scientific |
Related compounds | |
Other anions
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Sodium formate Sodium propionate |
Other cations
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Potassium acetate Calcium acetate |
Related compounds
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Sodium diacetate |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Sodium acetate, CH3COONa, also abbreviated NaOAc,[8] is the sodium salt of acetic acid. This salt is colorless deliquescent, and Hygroscopic.