Hydrazoic acid
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Hydrogen azide
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.029.059 |
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| HN3 | |
| Molar mass | 43.03 g/mol |
| Appearance | colorless, highly volatile liquid |
| Density | 1.09 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | −80 °C (−112 °F; 193 K) |
| Boiling point | 37 °C (99 °F; 310 K) |
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| Solubility | soluble in alkali, alcohol, ether |
| Acidity (pKa) | 4.6 |
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| approximately linear | |
| Hazards | |
| Main hazards | Highly toxic, explosive, reactive |
| R-phrases | R3, R27/28 |
| S-phrases | S33, S36/37, S38 |
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Other cations
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Sodium azide |
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Ammonia Hydrazine |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Hydrazoic acid, also known as hydrogen azide or azoimide, is a compound with the chemical formula HN3. It is a colorless, volatile, and explosive liquid at room temperature and pressure. It is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, and is therefore a pnictogen hydride. It was first isolated in 1890 by Theodor Curtius. The acid has few applications, but its conjugate base, the azide ion, is useful in specialized processes.
Hydrazoic acid is soluble in water. Undiluted hydrazoic acid is dangerously explosive with a standard enthalpy of formation ΔfHo (l, 298K) = +264 kJmol−1). When dilute, the gas and aqueous solutions (<10%) can be safely handled.
The acid is usually formed by acidification of an azide salt like sodium azide. Normally solutions of sodium azide in water contain trace quantities of hydrazoic acid in equilibrium with the azide salt, but introduction of a stronger acid can convert the primary species in solution to hydrazoic acid. The pure acid may be subsequently obtained by fractional distillation as an extremely explosive colorless liquid with an unpleasant smell.
Its aqueous solution can also be prepared by treatment of barium azide solution with dilute sulfuric acid, filtering the insoluble barium sulfate.
It was originally prepared by the reaction of aqueous hydrazine with nitrous acid.
Other oxidizing agents, such as hydrogen peroxide, NOCl, NCl3 or nitric acid, can also be used.
In its properties hydrazoic acid shows some analogy to the halogen acids, since it forms poorly soluble (in water) lead, silver and mercury(I) salts. The metallic salts all crystallize in the anhydrous form and decompose on heating, leaving a residue of the pure metal. It is a weak acid (pKa = 4.75.) Its heavy metal salts are explosive and readily interact with the alkyl iodides. Azides of heavier alkali metals (excluding lithium) or alkaline earth metals are not explosive, but decompose in a more controlled way upon heating, releasing spectroscopically-pure N
2 gas. Solutions of hydrazoic acid dissolve many metals (e.g. zinc, iron) with liberation of hydrogen and formation of salts, which are called azides (formerly also called azoimides or hydrazoates).
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