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Polonium tetranitrate

Polonium tetranitrate is an inorganic compound, a salt of polonium and nitric acid with the chemical formula Po(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>. The compound is radioactive, forms white crystals.

Synthesis

Dissolution of metallic polonium in concentrated nitric acid:

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Physical properties

Polonium(IV) nitrate forms white or colorless crystals. It dissolves in water with hydrolysis.

Chemical properties

It disproportionates in aqueous weakly acidic nitric acid solutions:

The polonium(II) ion (Po<sup>2+</sup>) is then oxidized by nitric acid to polonium(IV).

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