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Silver sulfite is the chemical compound with the formula Ag₂SO₃. This unstable silver compound when heated and/or in light it decomposes to silver dithionate and silver sulfate.^[3]

Preparation

Silver sulfite can be prepared by dissolving silver nitrate with the stoichiometric quantity of sodium sulfite solution, yielding a precipitation of silver sulfite by the following reaction:

2 AgNO₃ + Na₂SO₃ ⇌ Ag₂SO₃ + 2 NaNO₃

After precipitation then filtering silver sulfite, washing it using well-boiled water, and drying it in vacuum.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lide, David R., ed. (2009). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (90th ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-9084-0.
^ Comey, Arthur Messinger; Hahn, Dorothy A. (February 1921). A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic (2nd ed.). New York City: The MacMillan Company. p. 1046.
^ ^a ^b ^c Brauer, Georg, ed. (1965). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 2. New York: Academic Press Inc. p. 1043. ISBN 0323161294.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sigma-Aldrich Co., Silver carbonate. Retrieved on 2014-07-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Larsson, Lars Olof (1969). "The Crystal Structure of Silver Sulphite". Acta Chemica Scandinavica. 23 (7): 2261–2269. doi:10.3891/acta.chem.scand.23-2261.

[crc-1] Lide, David R., ed. (2009). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (90th ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-9084-0.

[doc00-2] Comey, Arthur Messinger; Hahn, Dorothy A. (February 1921). A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic (2nd ed.). New York City: The MacMillan Company. p. 1046.

[hpic-3] Brauer, Georg, ed. (1965). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 2. New York: Academic Press Inc. p. 1043. ISBN 0323161294.

[sigma-4] Sigma-Aldrich Co., Silver carbonate. Retrieved on 2014-07-31.

[asc-5] Larsson, Lars Olof (1969). "The Crystal Structure of Silver Sulphite". Acta Chemica Scandinavica. 23 (7): 2261–2269. doi:10.3891/acta.chem.scand.23-2261.

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