Product name: CERIUM(III) CHLORIDE
CAS: 7790-86-5
MF: CeCl3
MW: 246.48
EINECS: 232-227-8
Appearance: white powder
Specification
| item | value |
| Melting Point | 848 °C(lit.) |
| Boiling Point | 1727 °C |
| Density | 3.97 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
| Packing | 200Kg/Drum
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Application
Cerium(III) chloride is used in incandescent gas mantles, spectrography and polymerization of olefins. It acts as a Lewis acid and used in Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions in organic synthesis. It is used as a precursor for the preparation of other cerium salts, such as cerium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate.
Storage
Inert atmosphere,Room Temperature
