An organic form of zinc salt is zinc acetate dehydrate. Solution calorimetry has been used to analyze the enthalpy of formation.Analysis of its vibrational spectra has been done. Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) has been used to study how it breaks down into ZnO (zinc oxide) nanoparticles.The crystalline structure was investigated, and it was found to be monoclinic with the space group C2/c.
Zinc acetate dihydrate,
Zinc acetate dehydrate was used as seeds to grow ZnO nanorods on the microfibers of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) fabric.
It may be used in the synthesis of layered Zn-arylphosphonates with potential application in sorption, ion exchange or catalysis.
Also it may be used in the ultrasonic preparation of zinc sulfide nanoparticles coated on silica particles.