Chemical elements
  Beryllium
    Isotopes
    Energy
    Production
    Application
    Physical Properties
    Chemical Properties
      Beryllium Hydride
      Beryllium Fluoride
      Beryllium Chloride
      Beryllium Bromide
      Beryllium Iodide
      Beryllium Double Halides
      Beryllium Oxyhalides
      Beryllium Oxide
      Beryllium Hydroxide
      Beryllium Beryllate
      Beryllium Peroxide
      Beryllium Sulphide
      Beryllium Sulphide
      Beryllium Double Sulphates
      Beryllium Sulphite
      Beryllium Thiosulphate
      Beryllium Selenate
      Beryllium Chromate
      Beryllium Hydride
      Beryllium Chromite
      Beryllium Molybdate
      Beryllium Nitride
      Beryllium Azide
      Beryllium Nitrate
      Beryllium Phosphates, Phosphite, and Hypophosphite
      Beryllium Hypophosphate
      Beryllium Arsenates
      Beryllium Arsenite
      Beryllium Antimonate
      Beryllium Hydride
      Beryllium Vanadates
      Beryllium Niobate
      Beryllium Carbide
      Beryllium Borocarbide
      Beryllium Carbonate
      Beryllium Acetate
      Beryllium Oxalates
      Beryllium Cyanide
      Beryllium Platinocyanide
      Beryllium Silicates
      Beryllium Silicotungstate
      Beryllium Borate
      Beryllium Aluminate

Beryllium Nitrate, Be(NO3)2






Beryllium Nitrate, Be(NO3)2.4H2O, was the second salt of beryllium prepared by Vauquelin, who used it as one means of distinguishing between the new earth and alumina. He discovered that it was very deliquescent, and had a sweet taste followed by astringency. It forms a crystalline, deliquescent mass, which melts in its water at 60.5° C. It is only stable in contact with nitric acid or its vapour, since it readily loses oxides of nitrogen. It is most easily prepared by saturating nitric acid with beryllium carbonate, evaporating, and adding concentrated nitric acid. It is soluble in alcohol and acetone, and can be recrystallised from concentrated nitric acid.

Since aluminium nitrate is insoluble in amyl alcohol, beryllium nitrate can be freed from it by this solvent.

Small quantities of beryllium nitrate are often used in solutions for impregnating incandescent mantles.
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