Sodium Stannite

	Sodium Stannite The stannite ion is . It can be formed by adding strong base to stannous hydroxide. The stannite ion is a strong reducing agent; also, it may disproportionate to tin metal plus stannate ion. There are stannite compounds, for example, sodium stannite, . See also * Stannate In chemistry, the term stannate or tinnate refers to compounds of tin (Sn). Stannic acid (Sn(OH)4), the formal precursor to stannates, does not exist and is actually a hydrate of SnO2. The term is also used in naming conventions as a suffix; for ... Oxyanions References {{Chem-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Stannous Hydroxide Tin(II) hydroxide, Sn(OH)2, also known as ''stannous hydroxide'', is an inorganic compound tin(II). The only related material for which definitive information is available is the oxy hydroxide Sn6O4(OH)4, but other related materials are claimed. They are all white solids that are insoluble in water. Preparation and structure Crystals of Sn6O4(OH)4 has been characterized by X-ray diffraction. This cluster is obtained from solution of basic solutions of tin(II). The compound consists of an octahedron of Sn centers, each face of which is capped by an oxide or a hydroxide. The structure is reminiscent of the Mo6S8 subunit of the Chevrel phase Octahedral clusters are inorganic or organometallic cluster compounds composed of six metals in an octahedral array.Eric J. Welch and Jeffrey R. Long ''Atomlike Building Units of Adjustable Character: Solid-State and Solution Routes to Manipulating ...s.. The structure of pure Sn(OH)2 is not known. Sn(OH)2 has been claimed to arise from the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Reducing Agent In chemistry, a reducing agent (also known as a reductant, reducer, or electron donor) is a chemical species that "donates" an electron to an (called the , , , or ). Examples of substances that are common reducing agents include hydrogen, carbon monoxide, the alkali metals, formic acid, oxalic acid, and sulfite compounds. In their pre-reaction states, reducers have extra electrons (that is, they are by themselves reduced) and oxidizers lack electrons (that is, they are by themselves oxidized). This is commonly expressed in terms of their oxidation states. An agent's oxidation state describes its degree of loss of electrons, where the higher the oxidation state then the fewer electrons it has. So initially, prior to the reaction, a reducing agent is typically in one of its lower possible oxidation states; its oxidation state increases during the reaction while that of the oxidizer decreases. Thus in a redox reaction, the agent whose oxidation state increases, that "loses/Electron d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Disproportionation In chemistry, disproportionation, sometimes called dismutation, is a redox reaction in which one compound of intermediate oxidation state converts to two compounds, one of higher and one of lower oxidation state. The reverse of disproportionation, such as when a compound in an intermediate oxidation state is formed from precursors of lower and higher oxidation states, is called ''comproportionation'', also known as ''symproportionation''. More generally, the term can be applied to any desymmetrizing reaction where two molecules of one type react to give one each of two different types: : This expanded definition is not limited to redox reactions, but also includes some molecular autoionization reactions, such as the self-ionization of water. In contrast, some authors use the term ''redistribution'' to refer to reactions of this type (in either direction) when only ligand exchange but no redox is involved and distinguish such processes from disproportionation and comproportionati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Stannate In chemistry, the term stannate or tinnate refers to compounds of tin (Sn). Stannic acid (Sn(OH)4), the formal precursor to stannates, does not exist and is actually a hydrate of SnO2. The term is also used in naming conventions as a suffix; for example the hexachlorostannate ion is . In materials science, two kinds of tin oxyanions are distinguished: ''orthostannates'' contain discrete units (e.g. K4SnO4) or have a spinel structure (e.g. Mg2SnO4) ''metastannates'' with a stoichiometry MIISnO3, MSnO3 which may contain polymeric anions or may be sometimes better described as mixed oxides These materials are semiconductors."Preparation, characterization and structure of metal stannates: a new family of photocatalysts for organic pollutants degradation." ''Handbook of Photocatalysts'' (2010), pp. 493–510. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY Examples * Barium stannate, BaSnO3 (a metastannate) * Cobalt stannate, Co2SnO4, primary constituent of the pigment cerulean bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]