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Sodium amide

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hydrogen-storage grade

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Linear Formula:
NaNH2
CAS Number:
7782-92-5
Molecular Weight:
39.01
EC Number:
231-971-0
MDL number:
MFCD00011117
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
PubChem Substance ID:
329761017
NACRES:
NA.23

grade

hydrogen-storage grade

form

powder

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bp

400 °C (lit.)

mp

210 °C (lit.)

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Enabling,

SMILES string

N[Na]

InChI

1S/H2N.Na/h1H2;/q-1;+1

InChI key

ODZPKZBBUMBTMG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Sodium amide (NH2Na) can be used for a variety of applications such as:
  • production of a hydrogen storage system
  • adsorption of CO2
  • fabrication of fuel cells

Analysis Note

XRD plots and metal purity data are available upon request.

Pictograms

FlameCorrosion
GHS02,GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H261,H314,H412

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - Water-react 2

Supplementary Hazards

EUH014,EUH019,EUH029

Storage Class Code

4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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MKBR9333V
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MKBH3634V
MKBD9502
09304EH

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Thermal decomposition kinetics of light-weight composite NaNH2-NaBH4 hydrogen storage materials for fuel cells
Bai Y, et al.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37(17), 12973-12979 (2012)
Thomas J Wood et al.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 17(35), 22999-23006 (2015-08-14)
We demonstrate that the ammonia decomposition reaction catalysed by sodium amide proceeds under a different mechanism to ammonia decomposition over transition metal catalysts. Isotopic variants of ammonia and sodium amide reveal a significant kinetic isotope effect in contrast to the
André M Bienfait et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 43(46), 17324-17332 (2014-10-17)
Trivalent Eu[N(SiHMe2)2]3(THF)2 can easily be synthesized by applying a routine salt metathesis protocol (EuCl3(THF)2 and 3 equiv. of Li[N(SiHMe2)2] in n-hexane) which crystallizes isotypically to its analogues of the rare-earth metal series (space group P21/c). Transsilylamination of Eu[N(SiMe3)2]2(THF)2 with a

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