Aluminium arsenate

Aluminium arsenate
Names
	Other names Aluminum arsenate
Identifiers
CAS Number	13462-91-4 ; 60763-04-4 (Octahydrate) ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
PubChem CID	57351442;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID601031713 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/Al.AsH3O4/c;2-1(3,4)5/h;(H3,2,3,4,5)/q+3;/p-3 Key: RCJAOTMBSRLOJZ-UHFFFAOYSA-K;
	SMILES [O-][As](=O)([O-])[O-].[Al+3];
Properties
Chemical formula	AlAsO4
Molar mass	165.899 g·mol−1
Appearance	colourless crystals
Density	3.25 g/cm3
Melting point	1,000 °C (1,830 °F; 1,270 K)
Solubility in water	insoluble
Refractive index (nD)	1.596
Structure
Crystal structure	hexagonal
Thermochemistry
Std molar; entropy (S⦵298)	145.6 J/mol K
Std enthalpy of; formation (ΔfH⦵298)	-1431.1 kJ/mol
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Aluminium arsenate is an inorganic compound with the formula AlAsO₄.^[1] It is most commonly found as an octahydrate. It is a colourless solid that is produced by the reaction between sodium arsenate and a soluble aluminium salt. Aluminium arsenate occurs naturally as the mineral mansfieldite.^[2] Anhydrous form is known as an extremely rare, fumarolic mineral alarsite^[3] A synthetic hydrate of aluminium arsenate is produced by hydrothermal method. with the formulation Al₂O₃·3As₂O₅·10H₂O.^[4]

Modification of aluminium orthoarsenate was carried out by heating different samples to different temperatures. Both amorphous and crystalline forms were obtained.^[5] The solubility product was determined to be 10^−18.06 for aluminium arsenate hydrate of formula AlAsO₄·3.5H₂O.^[6] Like gallium arsenate and boron arsenate, it adopts the α-quartz-type structure. The high pressure form has a rutile-type structure in which aluminium and arsenic are six-coordinate.

References

^ Aluminum arsenate at Chemister
^ Chemistry of Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth, Edited by N. C. Norman. page 131,
^ "Alarsite".
^ Katz, Gerald; Kedesdy, Horst (1954). "A new synthetic hydrate of aluminum arsenate" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 39 (11–12)): 1005–1017.
^ B. Sharan "A new modification of aluminum ortho-arsenate" Acta Crystallogr. 1959, vol. 12, 948-949. doi:10.1107/S0365110X59002729
^ Fernando L. Pantuzzo, Luciano R.G. Santos, Virginia S.T. Ciminelli "Solubility-product constant of an amorphous aluminum-arsenate phase (AlAsO₄·3.5H₂O) at 25 °C" Hydrometallurgy Volumes 2014, 144–145, Pages 63–68. doi:10.1016/j.hydromet.2014.01.001

[1] Aluminum arsenate at Chemister

[2] Chemistry of Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth, Edited by N. C. Norman. page 131,

[3] "Alarsite".

[4] Katz, Gerald; Kedesdy, Horst (1954). "A new synthetic hydrate of aluminum arsenate" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 39 (11–12)): 1005–1017.

[5] B. Sharan "A new modification of aluminum ortho-arsenate" Acta Crystallogr. 1959, vol. 12, 948-949. doi:10.1107/S0365110X59002729

[6] Fernando L. Pantuzzo, Luciano R.G. Santos, Virginia S.T. Ciminelli "Solubility-product constant of an amorphous aluminum-arsenate phase (AlAsO₄·3.5H₂O) at 25 °C" Hydrometallurgy Volumes 2014, 144–145, Pages 63–68. doi:10.1016/j.hydromet.2014.01.001

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