Constituent NaCl hydrate | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: NaCl hydrate
Official name: Sodium chloride hydrates

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: chloride
Comments: at least 2 low pressure hydrates : di- and tri-

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: inclusion
Mass fraction: 5.0 $\pm$ 0.1

Chemical composition

Formula: $Na^+ \cdot Cl^- \bullet nH_2O$
Chemical formula: NaCl.nH2O
Elemental formula: (Na+) (Cl-) (H)0-n (O)0-n
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Na^+$	Sodium cation	element	1	0.5	1	constituent cation	main
	$Cl^-$	Chloride anion	element	1	0.5	1	constituent anion	main
	$H_2O$	Water	molecule	0 - n		1	hydration	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number	Relevance
	$R-OH$	2	main

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$Na^+ \cdot Cl^-$	6
	$-O \dots H-$	2n
	$-O-H$	2	main

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: hydrated simple normal salts (07.04)

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: unknown

Physical properties

Molar mass: 58.443 - 292.638 $g/mol$
Density: 2.165 - ?? $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: various
Color: colorless, white
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent
Luster: vitreous