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lithium nitrate
Sign in to saveAlso known as LiNO3, Nitric acid, lithium salt (1:1), Nitric acid, lithium salt
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- LiNO3
- Molecular weight
- 69 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- lithium nitrate
- SMILES
- [Li+].[N+](=O)([O-])[O-]
- InChIKey
- IIPYXGDZVMZOAP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 62.9 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- lithium
- Mass
- 69.003822
- Image
- Lithium nitrate.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- chemical formula
- LiNO₃
- canonical SMILES
- [Li+].[N+](=O)([O-])[O-]
- Commons category
- Lithium nitrate
- melting point
- 253
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Encyclopedic overview
Lithium nitrate is an inorganic compound with the formula LiNO3. It is the lithium salt of nitric acid (an alkali metal nitrate). The salt is deliquescent, absorbing water to form the hydrated form, lithium nitrate trihydrate. Its eutectics are of interest for heat transfer fluids.
It is made by treating lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide with nitric acid.
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