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| IUPAC name silver(I,III) Oxide | |
| Other names tetrasilver tetroxide, silver peroxide, argentic oxide, silver suboxide, divasil | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.013.726 
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| Chemical formula | Ag4O4 Ag2O.Ag2O3 |
| Molar mass | 123.87 g/mol |
| Appearance | grey-black powder diamagnetic |
| Density | 7.48 g/cm |
| Melting point | >100 °C, decomposition |
| Solubility in water | .0027 g/100 mL |
| Solubility | soluble in alkalis |
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| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H272, H315, H319, H335 |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa).
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Silver(I,III) oxide or tetrasilver tetroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Ag4O4. It is a component of silver zinc batteries. It can be prepared by the slow addition of a silver(I) salt to a persulfate solution e.g. AgNO3 to a Na2S2O8 solution. It adopts an unusual structure, being a mixed-valence compound. It is a dark brown solid that decomposes with evolution of O2 in water. It dissolves in concentrated nitric acid to give brown solutions containing the Ag ion.
Structure
Although its empirical formula, AgO, suggests that the compound tetrasilver tetraoxide has silver in the +2 oxidation state, each unit has two monovalent silver atoms bonded to an oxygen atom, and two trivalent silver atoms bonded to three oxygen atoms, and it is in fact diamagnetic. X-ray diffraction studies show that the silver atoms adopt two different coordination environments, one having two collinear oxide neighbours and the other four coplanar oxide neighbours. tetrasilver tetraoxide is therefore formulated as AgAgO2 or Ag2O·Ag2O3. It has previously been called silver peroxide, which is incorrect since it does not contain the peroxide ion, O2.
Uses
Tetrasilver tetroxide has been marketed under a trade name "Tetrasil." In 2010, the FDA issued a warning letter to an American company concerning the firm's marketing of Tetrasil and Genisil ointments of tetrasilver tetroxide for herpes and similar conditions.
References
- ^ Wells A.F. (1984) Structural Inorganic Chemistry 5th edition Oxford Science Publications ISBN 0-19-855370-6
- David Tudela "Silver(II) Oxide or Silver(I,III) Oxide?" J. Chem. Educ., 2008, volume 85, p 863. doi:10.1021/ed085p863
- Peter Fischer, Martin Jansen "Electrochemical Syntheses of Binary Silver Oxides" 1995, vol. 30, pp. 50–55. doi:10.1002/9780470132616.ch11
- Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8. p. 1181.
- "FDA Warning Letter to Aidance Skincare and Topical Solutions, LLC | Quackwatch". 19 July 2010.
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