CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Zinc dithionite is a white powder. It is noncombustible. The primary hazard is the threat to the environment. Immediate steps should be taken to limit its spread to the environment. It is used to bleach wood pulp, textiles, and other naturally occurring materials. |
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| Color/Form | White amorphous solid |
| Odor | Slight sulfur dioxide odor |
| Solubility | 28.00 lb/100 lb water at 68 °F |
| Decomposition | Decomp giving off irritating sulfur dioxide. |
| Other Experimental Properties | Solubility: 40 g/100 g water at 20 °C; MP: 200 °C (decomp) /Zinc hydrosulfite dihydrate/ |
| Chemical Classes | Metals -> Hydrosulfites |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 193.5 g/mol |
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| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 6 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Exact Mass | 191.852943 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 191.852943 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 119 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 7 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 60.5 |
| 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
Zinc dithionite is a white powder. It is noncombustible. The primary hazard is the threat to the environment. Immediate steps should be taken to limit its spread to the environment. It is used to bleach wood pulp, textiles, and other naturally occurring materials.