silver chlorite

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| Name = Silver chlorite

| IUPACName = Silver chlorite

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| Silver(I) chlorite

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| CASNo = 7783-91-7

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| ChemSpiderID = 8031311

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| InChI = 1S/Ag.ClHO2/c;2-1-3/h;(H,2,3)/q+1;/p-1

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| PubChem = 9855611

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| SMILES = [O-]Cl=O.[Ag+]

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| Appearance = Slightly yellow solid

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| Formula = AgClO₂

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| MolarMass = 175.32 g/mol

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| MeltingPtC = 156

| MeltingPt_ref = {{cite journal |author1=F. Solymosi |title=The Thermal Stability and Some Physical Properties of Silver Chlorite, Chlorate and Perchlorate* |journal=Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie |date=1968 |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=1–18 |doi=10.1524/zpch.1968.57.1_2.001 |publisher=Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag |s2cid=102195060 |language=English}}

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| Solubility = 0.45 g/100ml{{cite book |author1=A. G. Massey |author2=N. R. Thompson |author3=B. F. G. Johnson |title=The Chemistry of Copper, Silver and Gold |date=2016 |publisher=Elsevier Science |location=Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies |isbn=9781483181691 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuxPDAAAQBAJ |language=English |format=Ebook}}

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| Structure_ref = {{cite journal |author1=M. Okuda |author2=M. Ishihara |author3=M. Yamanaka |author4=S. Ohba |author5=Y. Saito |title=Structures of lead chlorite, magnesium chlorite hexahydrate and silver chlorite |journal=Acta Crystallogr. |date=1990 |volume=46 |issue=10 |pages=1755–1759 |doi=10.1107/S010827019000066X|bibcode=1990AcCrC..46.1755O }}

| Coordination =

| CrystalStruct = Orthorhombic

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| SpaceGroup = Pcca

| LattConst_a = 6.075 Å

| LattConst_b = 6.689 Å

| LattConst_c = 6.123 Å

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| DeltaHf = 0.0 kcal/mol

| Entropy = 32.16 cal/deg{{cite journal |author1=Wendell V. Smith |author2=Kenneth S. Pitzer |author3=Wendell M. Latimer |title=Silver Chlorite: Its Heat Capacity from 15 to 300K., Free Energy and Heat of Solution and Entropy. The Entropy of Chlorite Ion |journal=J. Am. Chem. Soc. |date=1937 |volume=59 |issue=12 |pages=2640–2642 |doi=10.1021/ja01291a046 |language=English}}

| HeatCapacity = 20.81 cal/deg

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| OtherAnions = Silver chlorate
Silver perchlorate
Silver hypochlorite

| OtherCations = Sodium chlorite

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Silver chlorite is a chemical compound with the formula AgClO₂. This slightly yellow solid is shock sensitive and has an orthorhombic crystal structure.