Sodium bromide

Public-database records for Sodium bromide (CAS 7647-15-6), reproduced here for independent cross-checking.

Safety classification and hazard statements

Regulatory listings

Physical description and handling notes

• Dry Powder; Liquid; Liquid; Dry Powder; Other Solid
• White solid; Absorbs moisture from air (but not deliquescent); [Merck Index] Colorless or white hygroscopic solid; [HSDB] Colorless odorless crystalline solid; [MSDSonline]
• White crystals, granules, or powder
• White, cubic crystals
• Saline, feebly bitter taste
• Moderately soluble in alcohol

Reported physical properties

How this substance is indexed

Documented uses

• Found in some salt deposits; Used in photography, to make bromides and organic chemicals, as a therapeutic sedative and hypnotic, and formerly as a veterinary medicine; [HSDB] Used to control algae, bacteria, and fungi in water systems (pasteurizing, canning, pulp & paper manufacturing, and ornamental ponds); Also used to repel moths from clothing and fleas from pets; [Reference #1]
• Pulp and Paper Processing [Category: Industry]
• Photographic Processing [Category: Other]
• Photography, medicine (sedative), preparation of bromides
• THERAPEUTIC CATEGORY: Sedative, hypnotic, anticonvulsant
• THERAPEUTIC CATEGORY (VETERINARY): Sedative. Has been used to control convulsions, chorea, hysteria

Names this substance appears under

SODIUM BROMIDE; 7647-15-6; Sedoneural; Bromide salt of sodium; Bromnatrium; Trisodium tribromide; Sodium bromide (NaBr); NaBr; Caswell No. 750A; Natrum bromatum; DTXSID3034903; LC1V549NOM; NSC-77384; DTXCID1014903; CHEBI:63004; bromosodium

Computed molecular descriptors

Database abstract

Sodium bromide is identified by CAS 7647-15-6, molecular formula NaBr and molecular weight 101.91 g/mol. UNII LC1V549NOM; ChEBI 63004; InChIKey JHJLBTNAGRQEKS-UHFFFAOYSA-M. 沸点: 1390 °C; 沸点: 1390 °C @760 [mm Hg]; 熔点: 755 °C.

Source: PubChem / Wikidata; the batch COA governs where values differ.