Calcium nitrate tetrahydrate is used as a nitrogenous fertilizer and a corrosive inhibitor in diesel fuels. It is utilized in plant cells for culture experiments. It is also used in cooling baths and waste water handling.
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Applications
Calcium nitrate tetrahydrate is used as a nitrogenous fertilizer and a corrosive inhibitor in diesel fuels. It is utilized in plant cells for culture experiments. It is also used in cooling baths and waste water handling.
Solubility
Soluble in water, alcohol and acetone.
Notes
Store in cool place. Hygroscopic. Incompatible with strong reducing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
Substituted phenols can be nitrated in high yield by calcium nitrate in aqueous sulfuric acid: Synth. Commun., 23, 1125 (1993).
Kang, B. G.; McMahan, C. Medium and calcium nitrate influence on shoot regeneration from leaf explants of guayule. Ind. Crop. Prod. 2014, 60, 92 - 98.
Gai, Y.; Wang, F.; Shen, J. X.; Yang, L. L. Preparation of Porous Hydroxylapatite Using Polystyrene Microspheres as Pore Former. Abbreviation TitleKey Eng. Mater. 2014, 633, 112-116.