Polonium tetranitrate is an inorganic compound, a salt of polonium and nitric acid with the chemical formula Po(NO3)4.[1] The compound is radioactive, forms white crystals.[2][3]
Synthesis
Dissolution of metallic polonium in concentrated nitric acid:[citation needed]
Physical properties
Polonium(IV) nitrate forms white[4] or colorless crystals.[5] It dissolves in water with hydrolysis.
Chemical properties
It disproportionates in aqueous weakly acidic nitric acid solutions:
The polonium(II) ion (Po2+) is then oxidized by nitric acid to polonium(IV).
References
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- ^ Schweitzer, George K.; Pesterfield, Lester L. (14 January 2010). The Aqueous Chemistry of the Elements. Oxford University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-19-974219-6. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Inorganic Chemistry. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. 2012. p. 494. ISBN 978-81-203-4308-5. Retrieved 20 August 2021.