Rubidium sulfate is a
sulfate
The sulfate or sulphate ion is a polyatomic ion, polyatomic anion with the empirical formula . Salts, acid derivatives, and peroxides of sulfate are widely used in industry. Sulfates occur widely in everyday life. Sulfates are salt (chemistry), ...
of
rubidium
Rubidium is the chemical element with the symbol Rb and atomic number 37. It is a very soft, whitish-grey solid in the alkali metal group, similar to potassium and caesium. Rubidium is the first alkali metal in the group to have a density hig ...
. The molecular formula of the compound is Rb
2SO
4. The molecular weight of this compound is 266.999 g/mol.
An acid sulfate of rubidium (
rubidium hydrogen sulfate
Rubidium hydrogen sulfate, sometimes referred to as rubidium bisulfate, is the half neutralized rubidium salt of sulfuric acid. It has the formula RbHSO4.
Synthesis
It may be synthesised with water and a stoichiometric amount of rubidium disulfa ...
) can be formed. It is
soluble
In chemistry, solubility is the ability of a substance, the solute, to form a solution with another substance, the solvent. Insolubility is the opposite property, the inability of the solute to form such a solution.
The extent of the solub ...
in water and is an
aqueous
An aqueous solution is a solution in which the solvent is water. It is mostly shown in chemical equations by appending (aq) to the relevant chemical formula. For example, a solution of table salt, or sodium chloride (NaCl), in water would ...
solution.
Reactions
:Y
2(SO
4)
3 + Rb
2SO
4 → Rb
3 (SO4)3
:Rb
2SO
4 + H
2SO
4 → 2 RbHSO
4
References
Sulfates
Rubidium compounds
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