:Sodium pyrosulfate
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| IUPACName = Disodium disulfate
| OtherNames = Sodium pyrosulphate; Disulfuric acid disodium salt, disodium disulfate; Sodium metabisulfate
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| CASNo = 13870-29-6
| ChemSpiderID = 7970254
| EC_number = 237-625-5
| PubChem = 9794487
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| ChEMBL = 111016
| SMILES = [Na+].[Na+].[O-]S(=O)(=O)OS(=O)(=O)[O-]
| StdInChI=1S/2Na.H2O7S2/c;;1-8(2,3)7-9(4,5)6/h;;(H,1,2,3)(H,4,5,6)/q2*+1;/p-2
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| Formula = Na2S2O7
| MolarMass = 222.12 g/mol
| Appearance = Translucent white crystals
| Density = 2.658 g/cm3
| MeltingPtC = 400.9
| BoilingPt= decomposes at
| BoilingPtC = 460
| Solubility = hydrolyses{{cite journal|author1=Heinz K. Hofmeister|author2=John R. Van Wazer|title=Hydrolysis of Sodium Pyrosulfate |journal=Inorganic Chemistry|volume=1|issue=4|pages=811–812|publisher=ACS|year=1962|doi=10.1021/ic50004a019}}
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Sodium pyrosulfate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula of Na2S2O7. It is a colorless salt.{{cite journal|author=Helmold Plessen|title=Sodium Sulfates|journal=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry|publisher=Wiley-VCH|year=2000|location=Weinheim|doi=10.1002/14356007.a24_355|isbn=978-3527306732}} It hydrolyses in water to form sodium bisulfate with a chemical formula of NaHSO4 which has a pH of around 1.
Preparation
Sodium pyrosulfate is obtained by heating sodium bisulfate to 280 °C (536 °F) {{cite book|last1=Noyes|first1=William|title=A Textbook of Chemistry|date=1913|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/textbookofchemis00noyerich/page/186 186]|url=https://archive.org/details/textbookofchemis00noyerich|access-date=13 January 2016}}{{cite book |doi=10.1002/14356007.a24_355 |chapter=Sodium Sulfates |title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry |date=2000 |last1=von Plessen |first1=Helmold |isbn=9783527303854 }}
: 2 NaHSO4 → Na2S2O7 + H2O
Temperatures above 460 °C further decompose the compound, producing sodium sulfate and sulfur trioxide:
: Na2S2O7 → Na2SO4 + SO3
Applications
Sodium pyrosulfate was used in analytical chemistry. Samples are fused with sodium pyrosulfate to ensure complete dissolution before a quantitative analysis.{{cite book|last1=Nemodruk|first1=Aleksandr|last2=Karalova|first2=Zinaida|title=Analytical chemistry of boron: Analytical chemistry of the elements|date=1969|publisher=Ann Arbor-Humphrey Science Publishers|location=Charlottesville, VA|isbn=9780250399192|pages=23 & 193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAYpAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Sodium+pyrosulfate%22+%22used+for%22}}{{cite journal|last1=Kiely|first1=P. V.|last2=Jackson|first2=M. L.|title=Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica Determination for Soils by Sodium Pyrosulfate Fusion|journal=Soil Science Society of America Journal|date=1965|volume=29|issue=2|pages=159–163|doi=10.2136/sssaj1965.03615995002900020015x|bibcode=1965SSASJ..29..159K}}