CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Sodium hydride appears as a silvery to whitish powder or slurry in oil. Used to make other chemicals. |
|---|---|
| Color/Form | MICROCRYSTALLINE, WHITE TO BROWNISH-GRAY POWDER |
| Odor | odorless |
| Boiling Point | Very high. (USCG, 1999) |
| Melting Point | DECOMP AT 800 °C |
| Flash Point | Not Applicable. Oil is flammable. (USCG, 1999) |
| Solubility | SOL IN MOLTEN SODIUM HYDROXIDE |
| Density | 0.92 |
| Decomposition | WHEN HEATED TO DECOMP, EMITS HIGHLY TOXIC FUMES OF OXIDES OF SODIUM |
| Refractive Index | INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.470 |
| Other Experimental Properties | PARTICLE SIZE RANGE 5-50 MICRONS; STARTS TO DECOMP WITH EVOLUTION OF HYDROGEN @ ABOUT 225 °C |
| Chemical Classes | Metals -> Metal Hydrides |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 23.9977 g/mol |
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| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 1 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Exact Mass | 23.99759431 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 23.99759431 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 0 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 1 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 0 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Sodium hydride appears as a silvery to whitish powder or slurry in oil. Used to make other chemicals.