Hexaaquonickel sulphate

Nickel compounds: hexaaquonickel sulphate

The nickel in hexaaquonickel sulphate formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Hexaaquonickel sulphate

• Formula as often written: NiSO₄.6H₂O
• Hill system formula: H₁₂Ni₁O₁₀S₁
• CAS registry number: [14708-53-3]
• Formula weight: 262.849
• Class: complex

Synonyms

• hexaaquonickel sulphate
• nickel(II) sulphate 6-water
• hexaaquonickel sulfate
• nickel sulfate 6-water
• nickel sulphate 6-water
• nickel(II) sulfate 6-water

Physical properties

• Colour: blue-green
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 130°C (dehydrates)
• Boiling point:
• Density: 2070 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in hexaaquonickel sulphate

Element	%
H	4.60
Ni	22.33
O	60.87
S	12.20

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

• Geometry of nickel:
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the NiSO₄.6H₂O unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Ni₁S₁O₁₀H₁₂

mass  %
262 100.0 __________________________________________________
263   1.3 _
264  44.9 ______________________
265   2.2 _
266   8.0 ____
267   0.2 
268   1.8 _
269   0.0 
270   0.1 

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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