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Sodium perrhenate

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Formula
  
NaReO4

Density
  
5.39 g/cm³

Molar mass
  
273.194 g/mol

Appearance
  
White crystalline powder

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Sodium perrhenate (also known as Sodium Rhenate(VII)) is the inorganic compound with the formula NaReO4 It is a white crystalline solid that is soluble in water. It is a common precursor to rhenium compounds. Its structure resembles that of sodium perchlorate and sodium permanganate.

Contents

Preparation

It can be prepared by treatment of rhenium heptoxide with base or by ion exchange from the potassium salt.

Reactions

It reacts with sodium in ethanol to give nonahydridorhenate. and with polysulfide solutions to give tetrathiorhenate.

References

Sodium perrhenate Wikipedia