Thallium(III) nitrate
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Thallium nitrate, also known as thallic nitrate, is a thallium
compound
with chemical formula Tl
(NO3)3
. It is normally found as the trihydrate. It is a colorless and highly toxic solid. It is a strong oxidizing agent
, both from the nitrate and the thallium(III) ion. It is extremely dangerous upon contact with skin. It may produce oxides of nitrogen upon decomposition. It is decomposed in water. It is incompatible with strong reducing agents.
Thallium
Thallium is a chemical element with the symbol Tl and atomic number 81. This soft gray poor metal resembles tin but discolors when exposed to air. The two chemists William Crookes and Claude-Auguste Lamy discovered thallium independently in 1861 by the newly developed method of flame spectroscopy...
compound
Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a pure chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements that can be separated into simpler substances by chemical reactions. Chemical compounds have a unique and defined chemical structure; they consist of a fixed ratio of atoms that are held together...
with chemical formula Tl
Thallium
Thallium is a chemical element with the symbol Tl and atomic number 81. This soft gray poor metal resembles tin but discolors when exposed to air. The two chemists William Crookes and Claude-Auguste Lamy discovered thallium independently in 1861 by the newly developed method of flame spectroscopy...
(NO3)3
Nitrate
The nitrate ion is a polyatomic ion with the molecular formula NO and a molecular mass of 62.0049 g/mol. It is the conjugate base of nitric acid, consisting of one central nitrogen atom surrounded by three identically-bonded oxygen atoms in a trigonal planar arrangement. The nitrate ion carries a...
. It is normally found as the trihydrate. It is a colorless and highly toxic solid. It is a strong oxidizing agent
Oxidizing agent
An oxidizing agent can be defined as a substance that removes electrons from another reactant in a redox chemical reaction...
, both from the nitrate and the thallium(III) ion. It is extremely dangerous upon contact with skin. It may produce oxides of nitrogen upon decomposition. It is decomposed in water. It is incompatible with strong reducing agents.