Sodium thiocyanate
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Description
Colorless, deliquescent crystals. Sodium thiocyanate is used for dyeing and printing textiles. It is also used in the developing solutions for color photographs.
Synonyms and Related Terms
thiocyanate sodium; sodium sulfocyanate; sodium rhodanate; sodium rhodanide; sodium sulfocyanide
Risks
- Ingestion may cause vomiting and convulsions.
- Skin contact may cause irritation and blisters.
- ThermoFisher: SDS
Physical and Chemical Properties
Soluble in water, ethanol, acetone.
| Composition | NaSCN |
|---|---|
| CAS | 540-72-7 |
| Melting Point | 287 C |
| Molecular Weight | mol. wt. = 81.1 |
| Refractive Index | 1.545, 1.625, 1.695 |
Resources and Citations
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Michael McCann, Artist Beware, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York City, 1979
- The Merck Index, Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983 Comment: entry 9463
- Photographic chemicals at www.jetcity.com/~mrjones/chemdesc.htm
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: ref. index = 1.545, 1.625, 1.695
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997