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tin(IV) oxide
Sign in to saveAlso known as stannic dioxide, stannic oxide, white tin oxide, tin peroxide, stannic anhydride, flowers of tin, tin dioxide
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- O2Sn
- Molecular weight
- 150.71 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dioxotin
- SMILES
- O=[Sn]=O
- InChIKey
- XOLBLPGZBRYERU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 34.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Tin(IV) oxide, also known as stannic oxide, is the inorganic compound with the formula SnO2. The mineral form of SnO2 is called cassiterite, and this is the main ore of tin. With many other names, this oxide of tin is an important material in tin chemistry. It is a colourless, diamagnetic, amphoteric solid.
Structure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tin(IV) oxide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.