Sodium borohydride

Esquema

Getty AAT: Materials (matter)

Jerarquía

<materials by composition> > inorganic material > sodium > sodium compounds

Descripción

A white crystalline solid, usually encountered as a powder, used as a bleach for wood pulp, and as a versatile reducing agent which converts ketones and aldehydes to the related alcohols.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300380411

Otros términos

  • borohydride, sodium [en]
  • sodium tetrahydridoborate [en]