Strontium oxide

Chemical properties

white to grayish white; reacts with water, forming Sr(OH)2, with evolution of heat; enthalpy of fusion 75.00kJ/mol [MER06] [CRC10]

Physical properties

Strontium oxide or strontia, SrO, is formed when Sr metal reacts with oxygen:
2Sr＋ O2→2SrO
Burning strontium in air results in a mixture of strontium oxide and strontium nitride. It also forms from the decomposition of strontium carbonate SrCO3. It is a strongly basic oxide. It reacts with moisture forming the hydroxide and with carbon dioxide in the air to form the carbonate.

The Uses of Strontium oxide

SrO is also used in medicine, pyrotechnics, pigments, greases, soaps, and as a chemical intermediate. It is also produced as high-purity strontium oxide rotatable sputtering targets with the highest possible density and smallest possible average grain sizes for use in semiconductor, photovoltaic, and coating applications by chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition and optical applications.One of the reasons why rare metals are restrained from wide use in production is their high cost.

The Uses of Strontium oxide

manufacture of strontium salts.

The Uses of Strontium oxide

Strontium oxide is used as a flux in the making of glass for television tubes in place of barium oxide [CAS: 1304-28-5] BaO.

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified