Cerium Chloride Heptahydrate powder is a colourless to yellow, hygroscopic crystalline powder, easily soluble in water and ethanol, starting to lose water at 90 ℃, 230 ℃ to become anhydrous, commonly used in analytical reagents, catalysts, and the preparation of cerium metal.
Characteristic
Chemical formula: CeCl3-7H2O
Appearance: Cerium Chloride Heptahydrate is usually colourless to yellow columnar crystal or white powder.
Density: about 3.94g/ml (25℃).
Melting point: 848°C (it loses water of crystallisation and becomes anhydrous at this temperature); it starts to lose water at 90°C and becomes anhydrous completely at 230°C.
Solubility: Cerium Chloride Heptahydrate is soluble in water, ethanol, deliquescent, easily absorbs water in humid air.
Stability: Cerium Chloride Heptahydrate is relatively stable at room temperature and pressure, but it is sensitive to humidity and should be avoided in contact with humid air; it is incompatible with strong acid and strong oxidant.
Thermal decomposition: toxic gas will be decomposed by high heat.
Applications
Analytical reagents: can be used in analytical chemistry experiments, such as as a detection reagent for certain substances or used as a precipitant in the process of chemical analysis.
Catalysts: Used as catalysts in petroleum processing and olefin polymerisation reactions. For example, in the olefin polymerisation reaction with aluminium or magnesium salts together as a catalyst, can promote the reaction.
Preparation of cerium metal: It is an important raw material for the preparation of cerium metal, and the cerium metal with higher purity can be obtained through further chemical reaction or purification process.
Other applications: it can be used to make fluorescent materials, glass pigments, etc.; it is used as cerium chloride supplement in water treatment and waste water treatment process; it can be used for reduction, oxidation and chlorination in organic synthesis reaction.
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