Sodium hexametaphosphate

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Sodium hexametaphosphate [1]
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Names
IUPAC name
sodium cyclo-hexaphosphate
Other names
Calgon S

Glassy sodium
Graham's salt
Hexasodium metaphosphate

Metaphosphoric acid, hexasodium salt

Contents

Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 233-343-1
MeSH sodium+polymetaphosphate
PubChem CID
UNII
  • InChI=1S/6Na.H6O18P6/c;;;;;;1-19(2)13-20(3,4)15-22(7,8)17-24(11,12)18-23(9,10)16-21(5,6)14-19/h;;;;;;(H,1,2)(H,3,4)(H,5,6)(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12)/q6*+1;/p-6 X mark.svgN
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Properties
Na6[(PO3)6]
Molar mass 611.7704 g mol−1
AppearanceWhite crystals
Odor odorless
Density 2.484 g/cm3
Melting point 628 °C (1,162 °F; 901 K)
Boiling point 1,500 °C (2,730 °F; 1,770 K)
soluble
Solubility insoluble in organic solvents
1.482
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Irritant
GHS labelling: [2]
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Warning
H319
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
3.053 g kg−1
Safety data sheet (SDS) hazard.com
Related compounds
Other anions
Trisodium phosphate
Tetrasodium pyrophosphate
Pentasodium triphosphate
Related compounds
 Sodium trimetaphosphate
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) is a salt of composition Na6[(PO3)6]. [3] Sodium hexametaphosphate of commerce is typically a mixture of metaphosphates (empirical formula: NaPO3), of which the hexamer is one, and is usually the compound referred to by this name. Such a mixture is more correctly termed sodium polymetaphosphate. They are white solids that dissolve in water.

Uses

SHMP is used as a sequestrant and has applications within a wide variety of industries, including as a food additive in which it is used under the E number E452i. Sodium carbonate is sometimes added to SHMP to raise the pH to 8.0–8.6, which produces a number of SHMP products used for water softening and detergents.

A significant use for sodium hexametaphosphate is as a deflocculant in the production of clay-based ceramic particles. [4] [5] [6] [7] It is also used as a dispersing agent to break down clay and other soil types for soil texture assessment. [8]

It is used as an active ingredient in toothpastes as an anti-staining and tartar prevention ingredient. [9]

Food additive

As a food additive, SHMP is used as an emulsifier. Artificial maple syrup, canned milk, cheese powders and dips, imitation cheese, whipped topping, packaged egg whites, roast beef, fish fillets, fruit jelly, frozen desserts, salad dressing, herring, breakfast cereal, ice cream, beer, and bottled drinks, among other foods, can contain SHMP. [10] [11] [12]

Water softener salt

SHMP is used in Diamond Crystal brand Bright & Soft Salt Pellets for water softeners in a concentration of 0.03%. It is the only additive other than sodium chloride.

Preparation

SHMP is prepared by heating monosodium orthophosphate to generate sodium acid pyrophosphate:

2 NaH2PO4 → Na2H2P2O7 + H2O

Subsequently, the pyrophosphate is heated to give the corresponding sodium hexametaphosphate:

3 Na2H2P2O7 → (NaPO3)6 + 3 H2O

followed by rapid cooling.

Reactions

SHMP hydrolyzes in aqueous solution, particularly under acidic conditions, to sodium trimetaphosphate and sodium orthophosphate. [13]

History

Sodium hexametaphosphate is the alkali salt of one of the series of polymetaphosphoric acids (acids formed by the polymerization of phosphate groups). [14] Hexametaphosphoric acid was first made in 1825 by the German chemist Johann Frederich Philipp Engelhart (1797-1853). [15] For his doctoral thesis, Engelhart intended to determine whether iron was responsible for the red color of blood. In order to purify his blood samples, Engelhart had found that he could coagulate the blood serum's albumin (dissolved proteins) by treating the blood with phosphoric acid. This contradicted the findings of the famous Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius, who had stated that phosphoric acid did not coagulate water-soluble proteins such as egg white. [16] Berzelius and Engelhart collaborated with the intention of resolving the contradiction; they concluded that Engelhart had produced a new form of phosphoric acid simply by burning phosphorus in air and then dissolving the resulting substance in water. [17] However they did not determine the new acid's composition. That analysis was accomplished in 1833 by the Scottish chemist Thomas Graham, who named the sodium salt of the new acid "metaphosphate of soda". [18] Graham's findings were confirmed by the German chemists Justus von Liebig and Theodor Fleitmann. [19] In 1849 Fleitmann coined the name "hexametaphosphoric acid". [20] [21]

By 1956, chromatographic analysis of hydrolysates of Graham's salt (sodium polyphosphate) indicated the presence of cyclic anions containing more than four phosphate groups; [22] these findings were confirmed in 1961. [23] In 1963, the German chemists Erich Thilo and Ulrich Schülke succeeded in preparing sodium hexametaphosphate by heating anhydrous sodium trimetaphosphate. [24]

Safety

Sodium phosphates are recognized to have low acute oral toxicity. SHMP concentrations not exceeding 10,000mg/L or mg/kg are considered protective levels by the EFSA and USFDA. Extreme concentrations of this salt may cause acute side effects from excessive blood serum concentrations of sodium, such as: “irregular pulse, bradycardia, and hypocalcemia." [25]

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    • Thilo, E.; Schülke, U. (1963b). "Preparation of true sodium hexametaphosphate Na6[P6O18]". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2 (12): 742. doi:10.1002/anie.196307421.
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