Polonium tetranitrate
Polonium tetranitrate is an inorganic compound, a salt of polonium and nitric acid with the chemical formula Po4. The compound is radioactive, forms white crystals.
Synthesis
Dissolution of metallic polonium in concentrated nitric acid:Physical properties
Polonium nitrate forms white or colorless crystals. It dissolves in water with hydrolysis.Chemical properties
It disproportionates in aqueous weakly acidic nitric acid solutions:The polonium ion is then oxidized by nitric acid to polonium.