PRODUCT                                    :          Copper Nitrate

FORMULA                                    :          Cu(NO₃)₂

CAS. NO                                        :          3251-23-8

SYNONYMS                                 :          Cupric Nitrate

MOLECULAR WEIGHT                :          187.56

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE            :          Dark Blue Crystals

SPECIFICATIONS               

Assay                                           :         98% Min

Copper Content                         :        27% Min

Sulphate                                      :         0.01% Max

Iron as Fe                                     :        0.1% Max

Acid Insoluble                              :       0.01% Max

Applications

            In light sensitive reproductive papers.  As  a colorant in ceramics. As a mordant and oxidizing agent in textile dyeing and printing. As a reagent for burnishing iron. For giving a black antique finish to copper, colouring Zinc brown. In  nickel plating baths, in aluminium brightners. In wood preservatives, As fungicides, herbicides. In pyrotechnic compositions. As a catalyst component in solid rocket fuel. As a nitrating agent, as a catalyst in organic reactions.