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Chemical data
- Formula
- OSr
- Molecular weight
- 103.62 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- strontium oxygen(2-)
- SMILES
- [O-2].[Sr+2]
- InChIKey
- IATRAKWUXMZMIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Strontium oxide or strontia, SrO, is formed when strontium reacts with oxygen. 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.
Uses
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “strontium oxide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.