Sodium persulfate

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Sodium persulfate
Two sodium cations and one peroxodisulphate anion
Ball-and-stick model of the crystal structure
Sodium persulfate as a white powder
Names
Other names
Sodium peroxodisulfate
Sodium peroxodisulphate
Sodium peroxydisulfate
Sodium peroxydisulphate
Identifiers
7775-27-1 YesY
ChEMBL ChEMBL502764 YesY
ChemSpider 56406 YesY
EC Number 231-892-1
Jmol 3D model Interactive image
PubChem 62655
RTECS number SE0525000
UN number 1505
  • InChI=1S/2Na.H2O8S2/c;;1-9(2,3)7-8-10(4,5)6/h;;(H,1,2,3)(H,4,5,6)/q2*+1;/p-2 YesY
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  • InChI=1/2Na.H2O8S2/c;;1-9(2,3)7-8-10(4,5)6/h;;(H,1,2,3)(H,4,5,6)/q2*+1;/p-2
    Key: CHQMHPLRPQMAMX-NUQVWONBAA
  • [Na+].[Na+].O=S(=O)([O-])OOS([O-])(=O)=O
Properties
Na2S2O8
Molar mass 238.10 g/mol
Appearance white powder
Density 2.59 g/cm3
(Loose bulk density: 1.12 g/cm3)[1]
Melting point 180 °C (356 °F; 453 K) decomposes
55.6 g/100 ml (20 °C)
Vapor pressure {{{value}}}
Related compounds
Other anions
Sodium dithionite
Sodium sulfite
Sodium sulfate
Other cations
Potassium persulfate
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Sodium persulfate is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2S2O8. It is the sodium salt of persulfate (also called peroxydisulfate), an oxidizer. It is a white solid that dissolves in water. It is almost non-hygroscopic and has good shelf-life.

Production

The salt is prepared by the electrolytic oxidation of sodium hydrogen sulfate:

2 NaHSO4 → Na2S2O8 + H2

Oxidation is conducted at a platinum anode.[2] In this way about 165,000 tons were produced in 2005.[3]

The standard redox potential of sodium persulfate into hydrogen sulfate is 2.1 V, which is higher than that of hydrogen peroxide (1.8 V) but lower than ozone (2.2 V).[4] The sulfate radical formed in situ has a standard electrode potential of 2.7 V.

Applications

It is mainly used as a radical initiator for emulsion polymerization reactions for styrene based polymers such as Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.[3] Also applicable for accelerated curing of low formaldehyde adhesives.

Other uses

It is a bleach, both standalone (particularly in hair cosmetics) and as a detergent component. It is a replacement for ammonium persulfate in etching mixtures for zinc and printed circuit boards, and is used for pickling of copper and some other metals.

It is also used as a soil conditioner and soil remediation and in manufacture of dyestuffs, modification of starch, bleach activator, desizing agent for oxidative desizing, etc.

Organic chemistry

Sodium persulfate is a specialized oxidizing agent in chemistry, classically in the Elbs persulfate oxidation and the Boyland–Sims oxidation reactions. It is also used in radical reactions; for example in a synthesis of diapocynin from apocynin where iron(II) sulfate is the radical initiator.[5]

Diapocynin Synthesis

Safety

The salt is an oxidizer and forms combustable mixtures with organic materials such as paper.

References

  1. FMC Corporation. Sodium Persulfate. http://www.fmcchemicals.com/Portals/chem/Content/docs/Tech%20Data%20Sheets/sodpersulfate.pdf (accessed Nov 17, 2013).
  2. Pietzsch, A.; Adolph, G. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 1911, 30, 85.
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  4. Block, Philip A., Richard A. Brown, and David Robinson. "Novel activation technologies for sodium persulfate in situ chemical oxidation." Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the remediation of chlorinated and recalcitrant compounds. 2004.
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