Peroxydisulfuric acid
Peroxydisulfuric acid
IUPAC name
μ-peroxido-bis(hydroxidodioxidosulfur)
peroxydisulfuric acid
Other names
persulfuric acid
Identifiers
CAS number
PubChem
24413
ChEBI
29268
SMILES
OS(=O)(=O)OOS(=O)(=O)O
InChI
1/H2O8S2/c1-9(2,3)7-8-10(4,5)6/h(H,1,2,3)(H,4,5,6)/f/h1,4H
Properties
Molecular formula
H2O8S2
Molar mass
194.14 g mol-1
Appearance
colourless solid
Melting point
65 °C, 338 K, 149 °F (decomposes)
Related compounds
Related compounds
Dipotassium persulfate
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references
Peroxydisulfuric is a sulfur oxoacid with the chemical formula H2S2O8. In structural terms it can be written HO3SOOSO3H. It is one of a group of sulfur oxoacids, its salts, commonly known as persulfates, are industrially important but the acid itself is not. The salts contain the peroxydisulfate ion.
See also
- Sulfur oxoacids
References
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Greenwood, N. N.; Earnshaw, A. (1997). Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd Edition, Oxford:Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3365-4.
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