NaHCO2
sodium formate · sodium methanoate
Sodium formate is a metastable, insulating salt used as a chemical intermediate and industrial reagent.
About sodium formate
Sodium formate is a simple organic sodium salt that functions as an insulating, wide-band-gap material. It exists in a metastable state, reflecting the complex structural landscape of formate-based compounds in solid-state chemistry.
This material is primarily utilized as a versatile chemical intermediate and a functional reagent. Its stability profile and electronic characteristics make it a subject of interest for researchers studying the fundamental behavior of small-molecule sodium salts.
Key Properties
Cross-validated computational properties for sodium formate, aggregated across 3 databases.
Band GapEnergy needed to move an electron from the valence band to the conduction band. Lower or zero values tend to behave more metallic; larger gaps are more insulating or semiconducting.
Energy Above HullThermodynamic distance from the most stable set of competing phases. 0 eV/atom is on the convex hull; small positive values may still be experimentally accessible.
StabilityA plain-language summary of the best reported energy-above-hull result. It reflects whether the lowest-energy structure is on, near, or far from the stability hull.
StructuresCount of reported calculated crystal structures for this formula, including alternate polymorphs, source databases, and observed space groups.
Applications
Where sodium formate is used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about sodium formate, answered from cross-validated data.
What is NaHCO2?
Sodium formate is a metastable, insulating salt used as a chemical intermediate and industrial reagent.
What is NaHCO2 used for?
What is the band gap of NaHCO2?
Is NaHCO2 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Is NaHCO2 thermodynamically stable?
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How It Compares
As a member of the formate family, sodium formate serves as a foundational reference point for understanding the structural diversity of simple carboxylate salts. Without direct structural siblings in this specific dataset, it stands as a representative example of how metastable, insulating salts are categorized and analyzed within inorganic databases.
Data sources & attribution
- latticegraph — Lattice Graph Materials Intelligence Platform
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