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C01D

COMPOUNDS OF ALKALI METALS, i.e. LITHIUM, SODIUM, POTASSIUM, RUBIDIUM, CAESIUM, OR FRANCIUM

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Subclass:
COMPOUNDS OF ALKALI METALS, i.e. LITHIUM, SODIUM, POTASSIUM, RUBIDIUM, CAESIUM, OR FRANCIUM

Description

C01D covers the synthesis, preparation, and chemical composition of inorganic compounds containing the alkali metals (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium). This includes hydroxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, nitrates, and other salts of these metals, as well as their oxides and peroxides. The classification encompasses both industrial-scale production methods and laboratory synthesis routes for these compounds. Adjacent classes cover related materials such as compounds of alkaline earth metals (C01E) and general inorganic chemistry outside specific metal families (C01B).

Scope Notes

Glossary: Binary compound Binary compounds A compound containing and limited to two distinct chemical elements. Inorganic compound inorganic compounds A compound devoid of a carbon atom and containing a non-metallic element or a compound containing a carbon atom, and satisfying one of the following criteria: the compound cannot have a carbon atom having direct bonding to another carbon atom; or the compound cannot have direct bonding between a carbon atom and a halogen or hydrogen atom; or the compound cannot have direct bonding between a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom by a single or double bond. The following are exceptions to the above and are to be considered as inorganic compounds: compounds consisting of only carbon atoms, (e.g. fullerenes), cyanogen, cyanogen halides, cyanamide, phosgene, thiophosgene, hydrocyanic acid, isocyanic acid, isothiocyanic acid, fulminic acid, unsubstituted carbamic acid, and salts of the previously mentioned acids and which contain the same limitations as to a carbon atom. Metal metals Any element other than a non-metal Moiety A specific part of a molecule. Non-metal non-metals The elements of hydrogen, carbon, halogen (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine), oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus, silicon, nitrogen, boron, selenium, tellurium and noble gases (helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon) Preparation Preparations Covers synthesis, purification, separation, stabilisation or use of additives, unless a separate place is provided in the classification scheme. | Limiting references: Metal hydrides Salts of oxyacids of halogens Peroxides, salts of peroxyacids Sulfides or polysulfides of alkali metals Thiosulfates, dithionites, polythionates Compounds containing selenium or tellurium Binary compounds of nitrogen with metals Azides Metal amides Nitrites Phosphides Salts of oxyacids of phosphorous Carbides Compounds containing silicon Compounds containing boron Cyanides Salts of cyanic acid Salts of cyanamide Thiocyanates Preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide by using microorganisms or enzymes Obtaining metal compounds from mixtures in a metallurgical process Production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis

Related Keywords

carbonates, halides, hydroxides, nitrates, oxides, sulfates or sulfites of ALKALI METALSother inorganic compounds of ALKALI METALSother inorganic compounds of ALKALINE EARTH METALSother inorganic compounds of CAESIUMinorganic CARBONATESinorganic compounds of FRANCIUMother inorganic compounds of LITHIUMcarbonates, halides, hydroxides, nitrates, oxides, sulfates, or sulfites of POTASSIUMother inorganic compounds of POTASSIUMother inorganic compounds of RUBIDIUMcarbonates, halides, nitrates, oxides, sulfates or sulfites of SODIUMother inorganic compounds of SODIUMinorganic SULFATES

8 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • C01D 13/00 Compounds of sodium or potassium not provided for elsewhere
  • C01D 17/00 Rubidium, caesium, or francium compounds