Applications
Application. Sodium borohydride can be used to prepare: Silica-coated silver nanoparticles, which are functionalized with various vitamins and antibiotics as bioactive materials.
 
Description
It appears as white to grayish granules. Sodium borohydride is soluble in protic solvents such as water and lower alcohols. It is a reducing agent that finds application in chemistry, both in the laboratory and on a technical scale.
 
Preparation
Sodium borohydride granular is prepared by reducing sodium metaborate with sodium hydride in the presence of hydrogen gas at high temperature and pressure.
 
Chemical Properties
Sodium borohydride is an inorganic sodium salt and a metal tetrahydridoborate. It appears as white to grayish granules. Sodium borohydride is soluble in protic solvents such as water and lower alcohols. It is a reducing agent that finds application in chemistry, both in the laboratory and on a technical scale.
 
Definition
Sodium borohydride (NaBH4) is a stable hydrogen carrier, which can be used as a chemical hydrogen storage material. It can also be used as an anodic fuel for alternative energy applications such as the fabrication of fuel cells.