CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Sodium aluminum sulphate appears as a colorless crystalline solid. Used in textiles, paper making, water purification, food processing. |
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| Solubility | Dodecahydrate is freely soluble in water. The anhydrous form is slowly soluble in water. Both forms are insoluble in ethanol |
| Density | Colorless crystals or white granules or powder. Density: 1.61; mp about 60 °C. Soluble in 1 part water. Practically insoluble in alcohol. /Dodecahydrate/ |
| Stability/Shelf Life | Low melting solids or colorless, volatile liquids. /Alkylaluminum halides/ |
| Other Experimental Properties | Saline, astringent taste; effloresces in air /Dodecahydrate/ |
| Chemical Classes | Metals -> Metals, Inorganic Compounds |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 242.10 g/mol |
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| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 8 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Exact Mass | 241.8747670 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 241.8747670 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 177 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 12 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 62.2 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 4 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Sodium aluminum sulphate appears as a colorless crystalline solid. Used in textiles, paper making, water purification, food processing.