Silver(I) carbonate | SSHADE

Solid phase

Official name: Silver(I) carbonate

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Silver carbonate; Ag2CO3
CAS number: 534-16-7

Family: ionic solid
Class: alkali salt
Compound type: carbonate

Chemical composition

Formula: $(Ag^+)_2 \cdot CO_3^{2-}$
Chemical formula: Ag2CO3
Elemental formula: (Ag+)2 C O (O-)2
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Ag^+$	Silver cation	element	2	0.6666666666666666	1	constituent cation	main
	$CO_3^{2-}$	Carbonate ion	molecule	1	0.3333333333333333	1	constituent molecular	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$Ag^+ \cdot O^{-}-$	2
	$\eqslantgtr C-O^-$	2
	$>C=O$	1

Class: alkali salts (06)
Type: simple alkali salts (06.01)

Crystallography

Phase name: Monoclinic Silver carbonate
Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: monoclinic
Crystal class: prismatic
Crystal class symbol: 2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup: P2(1)/m

Physical properties

Molar mass: 275.745 $g/mol$
Density: 6.077 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-solid	$\beta$ -Silver carbonate	453 K

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Pure color: yellow

Links and Publications

Links

Wikipedia: Silver carbonate