What Does
Aluminum Nitrate Mean?
Aluminum nitrate is a salt of nitric acid and aluminum and is soluble in water. It is a white color substance having the chemical formula Al(NO3)3. This compound is found as a crystalline solid or as a powder. At standard temperature and pressure conditions, aluminum nitrate usually exists in the solid form.
Corrosionpedia Explains Aluminum Nitrate
Aluminum nitrate is a widely used compound. One of the most important uses of aluminum nitrate is as a corrosion inhibitor (i.e., for the prevention of corrosion of industrial processes and equipment). Aluminum nitrate acts as an oxidizing agent.
Some physical properties of aluminum nitrate:
- Molar mass or molecular weight – In an anhydrous condition, its molar mass is 212.996 g/mol and in a non-anhydrous condition, its molar mass is 375.134 g/mol.
- Density – 1.401 gram per cm3.
- Melting point – In an anhydrous condition, its melting point is 63°C (145.4°F) and in a non-anhydrous condition, it is 74°C (165.2°F).
- Boiling point – In a non-anhydrous condition, its boiling point is 135°C (275°F).
- Soluble in most liquids.
- Odorless.