Sodium sulfate (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on sodium sulfate.

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1 Material Safety Data Sheet
2 Structure and properties
3 Thermodynamic properties
4 Spectral data
5 References

Material Safety Data Sheet

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Structure and properties

Structure and properties^[1]
Index of refraction, n_D
Abbe number	?
Dielectric constant, ε_r	? ε₀ at ? °C
Bond strength	?
Bond length	?
Bond angle	?
Magnetic susceptibility	?
Surface tension	194.8 dyn/cm (194.8 mN/m) (at 900 °C) 184.7 dyn/cm (184.7 mN/m) (at 1077 °C)

Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior
Triple point	? K (? °C), ? Pa
Critical point	? K (? °C), ? Pa
Std enthalpy change of fusion, Δ_fusH^o	200.8 kJ/mol^[1]
Std entropy change of fusion, Δ_fusS^o	? J/(mol·K)
Std enthalpy change of vaporization, Δ_vapH^o	? kJ/mol
Std entropy change of vaporization, Δ_vapS^o	? J/(mol·K)
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ_fH^o_solid	? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^o_solid	? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, c_p	? J/(mol K)
Enthalpy change of solution^[1]	2.1 J/(mol K)
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ_fH^o_liquid	? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^o_liquid	? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, c_p	? J/(mol K)
Gas properties^[2]
Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ_fH^o_gas	-1033.62 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^o_gas	346.84 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, c_p	? J/(mol K)

Spectral data

UV-Vis

λ_max

? nm

Extinction coefficient, ε

Major absorption bands^[3]

Wave number	transmittance
(nujol mull, nujol pks not listed)
1124 cm⁻¹	10% (br)
638 cm⁻¹	42%
618 cm⁻¹	35%

NMR

Proton NMR

Carbon-13 NMR

Other NMR data

Masses of
main fragments

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mellor, J. W. (1961 (new impr.)). A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. London: Longmans, 660-672.
^ Sodium sulfate. NIST. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
^ [http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi Spectral Database for Organic Compounds] (Queriable database). Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Retrieved on 9 June 2007.